Northeastern coyote
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| Northeastern coyote | |
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| Northeastern coyote in Union Station, Chicago | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Canis |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. l. thamnos |
| Trinomial name | |
| Canis latrans thamnos Jackson, 1949 | |
The northeastern coyote (Canis latrans thamnos) is a subspecies of coyote native to most of the Midwestern United States, the eastern Canadian Prairies, and Central Canada. Historically, it ranged within the prairies of the Midwest, but has expanded its range, which now includes most of the Great Lakes region.
The northeastern coyote was described by Hartley H.T. Jackson in 1949. This subspecies was one of the first encountered by European settlers, and was named the "brush wolf" by these settlers due to the habitat where it was inhabited. The trinomial name thamnos derived from the Greek θάμνος, which means "brush, shrub".[1]