Black Coyote or dog?

[Stroker]

Killed this one Saturday in Talbot county.

 

[NE GA Pappy]

I think the black ones make the best pets, but Kinnie is partial to the gray ones.

He always has be contrary.

 

[twtabb]

This might answer questions

 

[NE GA Pappy]

This might answer questions

only fools allow their pets to wander about without a collar. Especially during hunting season

 

[Anthony61]

Got some night footage of this same coyote but nothing in the day yet.

 

[Anthony61]

I got another black coyote video

 

[Anthony61]

And another recent close up at night. No more day triggers.

 

[bfriendly]

Those are some great videos Anthony!

 

[Anthony61]

thanks. I sure wish I could get another day time video.

 

[transfixer]

We've got a couple of them around our place in Oglethorpe county, in northeast ga

 

[Anthony61]

I finally got another day time clip but he is far away.

 

[spurrs and racks]

Bartram`s wolf.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_wolf

 

[Anthony61]

I got another short clip of this black coyote last night.

 

[whitter]

This is what happens when they move inside and mix it up with the domestic side of the house.

 

[Anthony61]

I saw some unwanted excretions the carpet. I think one or both of these critters are "outside" pets.

 

[nmurph]

...meanwhile back at Sasquatche's house, the pet 'yote frolics with the baby panther.

 

[sleepr71]

One day...that Cat will get a different stare & all of a sudden..Wile E...will eat his playmate..?

 

[redneck_billcollector]

I just read that the red wolf is larger than the average coyote. I am thinking this must be a coyote.

An average coyote is not very big, these back east have been documented to have a good bit of wolf dna and are upwards to twice the size of a full blooded coyote.

 

[redneck_billcollector]

Healthy sized yote for sure and certain.

Interestingly ones in my area run a little greater than 50/50 in favor of the black coloration. Had a litter running around last year with 3 black pups to 1 tan pup.

Here are a few of the video captures I've made to date.

Melanism is not common in Coyotes at all. However, black coloration is rather common in wolves. You got a black coyote, I will bet you its DNA has some wolf and possibly a trace of domestic dog DNA. Having trapped yotes out west, where they come from, never saw or heard of any black yotes...only back east. Black phase red wolves were not uncommon, so common in fact, the 18th century naturalist has these black canines named after him, Bartram's Wolf and these were here back in the 18th century...long before the first yote was ever heard of in the
southeast.

 

[redneck_billcollector]

We used to see and/or kill black ones fairly regularly on our farm but we haven't seen one in several years now. They almost always have a white chest. I've never caught a black one in a foothold but I've always wanted to.

The white chest patch is a signature characteristic of a Bartram's Wolf.