Two days ago, during our morning stroll, we came across a coyote, crossing the road a few hundred yards away from us. The first time I had seen one within Park City.
In many ways this animal resembles a wolf, except that it exists in just one single species (Canis latrans) whereas the wolves come in two “flavors”; the gray wolf (Canis lupus) and the red one (Canis rufus), a critically endangered species.
Other than that, the coyote is much smaller that the gray wolf (15 to 50 lbs vs. 70 to 150 lbs), not as tall (21 to 24 inches vs. 26 to 32 inches) and its face is narrow and pointed vs. broad and blocky. Its ears are also tall and pointed vs. short and rounded.
Finally coyote are solitary while wolves are more commonly seen in back. Now you know everything about my stealth buddy!
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