Coyote (Canis latrans), also called prairie wolf or brush wolf, New World member of the dog family (Canidae) that is smaller and more lightly built than the wolf.
Coyote, (Canis latrans), also called prairie wolf or brush wolf, New World member of the dog family (Canidae) that is smaller and more lightly built than the wolf.
Pronghorns, prairie wolves, magpies, coyotes and entire cities of "barking squirrels" -- prairie dogs.
We were frankly unnerved at night by the howling of the coyotes (prairie wolves), which were extraordinarily numerous and bold here.
At night, "an outstater could envision — from behind the tinted Saf-T-Glas — dried up water holes, Comanches, bison skulls, the yellow gleam of prairie-wolf eyes, and death — or its promise — everywhere".
They deserve to be remembered and re-read, especially in the depths of winter, if you want to imagine yourself in a cosy log cabin on the prairie, with wolves howling all around.
The fauna (which do not all occur in the same temperate grassland) include gazelles, zebras, rhinoceroses, wild horses, lions, wolves, prairie dogs, jack rabbits, deer, mice, coyotes, foxes, skunks, badgers, blackbirds, grouses, meadowlarks, quails, sparrows, hawks, owls, snakes, grasshoppers, leafhoppers, and spiders.
Starting in 1914, in an effort to protect elk populations, the U.S. Congress appropriated funds to be used for the purposes of "destroying wolves, prairie dogs, and other animals injurious to agriculture and animal husbandry" on public lands.
The bison, wolf, and most prairie chickens have disappeared from the prairie; but the coyote, prairie dog, jackrabbit, badger, horned lark, meadowlark, and various species of hawks and waterfowl are still common.
Among animals are deer, elk, antelope, rabbits, coyotes, wolves, foxes, prairie dogs, and American bison.
These can include bobcats, foxes, raccoons, crows, rodents such as prairie dogs, and even wolves.
