coyote

Coyote: God's Dog

Coyote: God's Dog

Coyotes are social, intelligent, and cunning animals. Coyotes are so smart, that Native Americans considered them an important part of their cosmology. Tribes of the southwest refer to them as God’s dogs.

They are about the size of a small dog and average about 30 pounds. Coyotes share their looks and tracks with wolves in physical appearance, but they are a bit smaller in size.

Coyotes are members of the Canidae family which also includes wolves, dogs, and foxes.