Walter Jakubas, Jon Way and David Mech weighing in on the long legged Canine that was spotted in New Yorks Catskill Mountains last week------wolf or coyote?...............Still think Coyote (as Jon does)but as Dave and Walter point out our Eastern Coyote sure does "reek" of Wolf!!!!!!

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From: Jakubas, Walter [mailto:Walter.Jakubas@maine.gov]
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 8:30 AM
To: Meril, Rick
Subject: RE: wolf

 

Rick,

 

I can't tell conclusively from these pictures.  The feet look small for a wolf, but the legs are very long and wolf-like.  The pointiedness of  the muzzle and ears, and the position of the ears on the head, are other distinctive characteristics,  but I cannot tell from the angle of the head in this picture if they are more coyote than wolf-like.

 

Wally

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From: Jon Way [mailto:jw9802@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010 3:04 PM
To: Meril, Rick; david_mech@usgs.gov
Subject: Re: Fw: wolf

 

Hi all,
to me it just looks like the typical eastern coyote or coywolf which we know is a hybrid population to begin with. It looks like a tall adult male (maybe 45 lbs) but I agree with Dave that it would be very useful to have a size comparison and without that it is difficult to know if it isn't a larger eastern wolf.
Jon

 

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From: "Meril, Rick" <Rick.Meril@warnerbros.com>
To: "david_mech@usgs.gov" <david_mech@usgs.gov>; "jw9802@yahoo.com" <jw9802@yahoo.com>
Sent: Mon, September 20, 2010 5:42:03 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: wolf

Jon

Perhaps you can provide some frame of reference as Eastern Coyotes(coywolves) do run the gamut in markings

 

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From: L. David Mech <david_mech@usgs.gov>
To: lorjoewolf@juno.com <lorjoewolf@juno.com>
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Sent: Mon Sep 20 14:34:47 2010
Subject: Re: Fw: wolf

Nice long legs but not sure what your coywolves look like these days, and it would be much better if there were something available for a size comparison.  However,   I would say there's a reasonable chance this could be a wolf.

Dave Mech