Record size female Coyote, Canis latrans

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-140

  Way, Jonathan G ^a   Proietto, Robert L ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Canis latrans; Cape Cod; Coyote; Eastern Coyote; Massachusetts; Urbanization; Weight

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CAPTURE METHOD; MAMMAL; NEW RECORD;

CAPE COD; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIS LATRANS;

EID: 33746149676     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v119i1.98     Document Type: Article

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