Coyote Sentence Examples

A coyote howled in the distance and another answered.

The domestic dogs of some North American Indian tribes closely resemble the coyote; the black wolfdog of Florida resembles the black wolf of the same region; the sheepdogs of Europe and Asia resemble the wolves of those countries, whilst the pariah dog of India is closely similar to the Indian wolf.

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In North America there is a second distinct smaller species, called the coyote or prairie-wolf (Canis latrans), and perhaps the Japanese wolf (C. hodophylax) may be distinct, although, except for its smaller size and shorter legs, it is scarcely distinguishable from the common species.

Spencer explains these by the theory that the remembered ancestor of a stock had, as savages often have, an animal name, as Bear, Wolf, Coyote, or what not.

Here in the spring the half-dozen or more coyote pups are brought forth; and it is said that at this season the old ones systematically drive any large game they may be chasing as near to their burrow, where the young coyotes are waiting to be fed, as possible before killing it, in order to save the labour of dragging it any great distance.

Bears, wolves, lynxes and foxes are also numerous in the east, and there the coyote is found in disagreeable numbers.

In time his descendants came to forget that the name was a mere name, and were misled into the opinion that they were children of a real coyote, wolf or bear.

Among the Papagos, on the eastern side of the Gulf of California, the coyote or prairie wolf is the creative hero and chief supernatural being.

In Oregon the coyote is also the " demiurge," but most of the myths about him refer to his creative exploits, and will be more appropriately treated in the next section.

The jaguar and puma have found their way into the United States, while the wolf, coyote, bear and beaver have gone far southward on the plateau, and the buffalo was once found in large numbers on its more favoured northern plains.

Bison no longer roam the plains, and the elk has been driven out; but among the larger mammals still to be found in certain districts are the deer, prong-horn (in small numbers), puma, coyote, timber wolf, lynx (Lynx rufus and Lynx Canadensis) and the black and grizzly bear.

There is, however, considerable local variation both in the matter of size and of colour from the typical coyote of Iowa, which measures about 50 in.

The coyote of the deserts of eastern California, Nevada and Utah is, for instance, a smaller and paler-coloured animal, whose length is usually about 42 in.

In the open country the mule deer, the pronghorn antelope and the coyote are found, and the bison formerly ranged over the north-eastern part of the state; the side-striped groundsquirrel, Townsend's spermophile, the desert pack-rat and the desert pack-rabbit inhabit the flat country.

Among the Cahrocs, the coyote steals fire from "two old women."

Ranging from Canada in the north to Guatemala in the south, and chiefly frequenting the open plains on both sides of the chain of the Rocky Mountains, the coyote, under all its various local phases, is a smaller animal than the true wolf, and may apparently be regarded as the New World representative of the jackals, or perhaps, like the Indian wolf (C. pallipes), as a type intermediate between wolves and jackals.

Lewis's prairie dog, the cottontail rabbit, the coyote, the grey wolf and the kit fox are all animals of the plains.

Among both Karok and Navaho the coyote is the Prometheus Purphoros, or, as the Aryans of India call him, Matarisvan the fire-stealer.

There, too, the grey (or timber) wolf and the coyote are found.

In addition to its inferior size, the coyote is also shorter in the leg than the wolf, and carries a more luxuriant coat of hair.

The grizzly bear, cougar, coyote, prairie dog and antelope are still found in several of the Western states, and the grey wolf is common in the West and in northern Minnesota, \Visconsin and Michigan.

The coyote is still so common even in the east as to be a nuisance to the farmer; in 1907 a bounty law was in force which provided for the payment of a state bounty of $5, on every grey wolf, $1.25 on every coyote and $1 on every lynx (wild cat).

Among the lowest races the culture-hero commonly wears a bestial guise, is a spider (Melanesia), an eagle hawk (in some myths and south-east Australia), a coyote (north-west America), a dog or raven (Thlinkeet), a mantis insect (Bushman), and so forth, yet is endowed with human or even super-human qualities, and often shades off into a permanent and practically deathless god.

Yehl's powers of metamorphosis and of flying into the air are the common accomplishments of sorcerers, and he is a rather crude form of first father, " culture-hero " and creator.2 Among the Karok Indians we find the great hero and divine benefactor in the shape of, not a raven, nor an eagle-hawk, nor a mantis insect, nor a spider, but a coyote.

Well, who hasn't seen that coyote catch an anvil with his head for the umpteenth time?

Wolves kill the smaller coyote and they are known to kill cougars.

I have a coyote that wanders across my screen.

The city lies mainly on a gently rising plateau (altitude, 90 to', 25 ft.) between the Coyote and Guadalupe rivers.

Two weeks ago, Jean Schrier, who lives on five acres east of 35th Avenue SE, saw a coyote in his driveway.

We then decided to drive the farm loop in the hope of perhaps finding a late hunting coyote but sadly this was unsuccessful.

Their myths are inhabited by the lusty trickster Coyote, and other primordial zoomorphic demigods.

Keen-eyed Golden Eagle and Coyote patrol the area, while Black-billed magpies watch for leftovers.

He has fond hopes of a Coyote TV miniseries.. .

Since the park area is so large, guests may run into the occasional raccoon, skunk or coyote.

The Coyote comes equipped with a coaster brake, commonly called a back peddle brake.

Sage-hens, grouse and small birds the coyote hunts successfully alone, quartering over the ground like a trained pointer until he succeeds in locating his bird, when he drops flat in the grass and creeps forward like a cat until close enough for the final spring."

If we are to regard the Egyptian myths about the gods in animal shape, and about the non-natural superhuman heroes, and their wars and loves, as esoteric allegories devised by civilized priests, perhaps we should also explain Pund-jel, Qat, Quawteaht, the Mantis god, the Spider creator, the Coyote and Raven gods as priestly inventions, put forth in a civilized age, and retained by Australians, Bushmen, Hottentots, Ahts, Thlinkeets, Papuans, who preserve no other vestiges of high civilization.

In Native American legends, Coyote is a character known for his deceit and playing pranks.

The movie was based on the life of novelist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and also starred Mary Steenbergen, Rip Torn, Peter Coyote, and Alfre Woodard.

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Coyote. For two and a half minutes the Road Runner is in the lead, but the crazy antics make the fun last far longer.

Coyote, and Rev Runner are clearly inspired by the classic Warner Brothers Looney Toons characters that they grew up with themselves.

To date, animals believed to be the legendary goat sucker have all had dog or coyote DNA.

Could this current specimen actually be a coyote that suffered from a bad case of mange, as many people have speculated?

According to Ayer, who has stuffed a number of coyotes, the creature is not a coyote at all.

Looking like a cross between a dog, a coyote and a wild pig, the animal has blue skin, is practically hairless, has pointed teeth descending down from the upper jaw,and its back legs are shorter than its front legss.

For state biologists and environmental scientists, that is enough to prove that El Chupacabra is some sort of mutated dog, coyote or possibly even a fox that has mange.

In some cases, DNA testing has been performed, and the DNA matches that of a coyote.

Is it possible that many of the chupacabra pictures are merely of a coyote with some type of mange or other skin affliction?

Add to that, the fact that most of the creatures are very dog-like in appearance, (or in one case, rodent-like) and there is a good chance that what is really in the pictures is either a mangy coyote or large rodent.

Texas State DNA testing done on the creature found in Cuero, Texas showed that the creature was in the dog family, and was almost a match for the common coyote.

The results of the test revealed that the animal in question had coyote DNA, and many have speculated that the animal's hair loss might have been due to a severe case of mange.

The animal appeared to be some sort of hairless canine, but as it briefly turned its head to the side to look behind, the snout appeared to be out of proportion for a dog or coyote.

Adolphi also claims that the DNA samples of the animal are currently being tested, and that a coyote carcass was also delivered to a Texas university for testing and comparison.

So far, DNA tests have shown that most of the specimens of the so-called Chupacabra found have coyote or common canine DNA.

The zoo began with just one lion, two bear cubs, an alligator, a coyote, a peacock, and some rabbits.

He claimed he was drunk at the time and mistook the puppy for a coyote.

Even though she doesn't drink, Tyra played a bartender in the movie Coyote Ugly.

A New York Times bestseller, Patricia Briggs breathes life into the wonderful and intricate world of werewolves in America, the coyote who lives among them and the wild and somewhat hairy adventures that Mercy gets herself into.

The Hare Indian dog of the Great Bear Lake and the Mackenzie river is more slender, gentle and affectionate than the Eskimo dog, but is impatient of restraint, and preserves many of the characters of its wild ally, the coyote, and is practically unable to bark.

The large or timber wolf is found in the wooded districts of all the provinces, and on the plains there is also a smaller wolf called the coyote.

Additionally, Coyote also claims that the shades' "double hard coating" makes it particularly impact resistant and even claims that the glasses are "unbreakable".

Many of the creatures that have been captured were sent for DNA testing, with the results showing that the animal's DNA typically matched that of the coyote or the Mexican wolf.