The American wolf and the coyote are two fascinating canid species ... Wolves often come in different colors, such as gray, black, white, or a mix of these, depending on where they live.
The coywolf sounds like something out of a science fiction, but it's just part coyote (Canis latrans), part gray wolf (Canis lupus) and part domestic dog (which is technically a subspecies of the wolf ...
The percentage of each species in the genetic admixture present in any one coywolf differs depending on where it's found, yet they all seem to be a hybrid of the wolf, coyote and domestic dogs.