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SOCIAL COYOTE
The name “coyote” comes from the
Aztec word, coyotl. The coyote – also
called a brush, or prairie, wolf – is the
jackal of North America and, like the
jackal, it is a social hunter (pp. 18–19)
that lives in pairs and family groups.

CUNNING COYDOG CANID QUICKSTEP
Wild coyotes sometimes This golden jackal is
mate with domestic dogs doing a quick turn in its
and produce “coydog” pups. lookout for prey.
As they are neither wild
nor tame, coydogs have a
hard time and often take DOG DANCE
to killing domestic Dogs were highly regarded
livestock for food. by native North Americans,
both for their meat and for
transportation (pp. 56–57).
This painting by the
Swiss artist Karl
Skull is smaller Bodmer (1809–1893)
than a wolf’s and shows a medicine man
has a flat forehead of the Hidatsa tribe
and comparatively wearing a special
small teeth costume and
performing a “dog
dance.” The Hidatsa
tribe lived along the
Missouri River in
North Dakota.
Golden jackal’s coarse, short-
haired coat varies in color
from pale golden brown to
brown-tipped yellow,
depending on season
and region

ETHIOPIAN HOWLER
The Simien jackal is in danger of extinction
(pp. 12–13) because more and more of the high
grassland plains where it lives are being taken
over by farmers for livestock grazing. There may
be only about 500 of these distinctive, tawny-
red coated jackals left in the wild.

JACKAL WORSHIP
Anubis, the jackal
god, is frequently
shown in ancient
Egyptian artifacts.

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