![]() ![]() The gray fox is among the smaller canids in Oregon. ODFW's gray wolves page provides more information. The gray wolf is an Oregon Conservation Strategy Species in the Blue Mountains, East Cascades, Klamath Mountains, Northern Basin and Range and the West Cascades ecoregions. Howling, distinctive among individuals, is used to assemble the pack and to advertise the territory. Wolves may be active at any time, but tend to be more active at night. Pack cohesion is based on ties developed during courtship of adults and those developed during early life of the young. Wolves commonly function in packs consisting of two to nine individuals packs basically are family units. Occasionally, but more commonly in higher latitudes, all-white individuals occur. These colors are overlain by long, black guard hairs on the dorsum, tail, and mane some individuals are essentially entirely black. The predominant color is gray, but the legs, flanks, and venter sometimes are yellowish or light brownish. The pelage of gray wolves is long over the body and tail, but relatively short on the legs and face. ![]() These, combined with the digitigrade feet possessed by all canids, make the wolf highly adapted for running. The wolf has relatively long legs, a narrow and deep chest, elbows that turn inward and foot pads that turn outward. ODFW's Living with Wildlife, Coyotes has fact sheets and tips on avoid conflicts with coyotes.Ĭanus lupus is the largest canid, not only in Oregon, but in the rest of the world as well. It occurs in habitats ranging from grasslands to shrub-steppe to boreal forests and from remote wilderness to highly urbanized areas. In Oregon, the coyote is fairly uniformly distributed except for the northwestern corner of the state. Although it is considered only a moderately social species, it possesses a highly developed communication system that facilitates development and maintenance of long-term social relationships. Their secretive nature, largely nocturnal or crepuscular activity, and wide-ranging movements have limited study of coyote behavior. True albinos with pink eyes and pink foot pads are known to have occurred in Oregon. Considerable variation in color and markings of coyotes is evident among individuals and regionally east and west of the Cascade Range. The underparts are paler than the remainder of the body. ![]() The lips and eyelids are black, accentuated by contrasting borders of white fur. The pelage of the coyote is grayish, buff, pinkish cinnamon, or brownish, or a combination of those colors, often overlain by blackish tipped hairs on the ears, muzzle feet, and dorsum. The coyote is a typical canid intermediate in size between the foxes and the gray wolf. ![]()
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