Coyote

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= = =Appearance =
 * lives up to 14 years old
 * fur is greyish with a bit of shiney red
 * leg and ears fur even redder
 * tip of tail very shiney and black
 * very long and pointy nose big sense of smell
 * can be brown,gray,black,cream and white
 * wide pointy ears

=Home=
 * [[image:http://www.abcallwildlife.com/images/Coyote-Pup-n-Den.jpeg width="201" height="152" align="right"]]a den or burrow
 * dig a hole in the ground or the side of a hill
 * found out West
 * Northwest Territories and the Yukon
 * live in a pack
 * mountains
 * grassy plains
 * desert and northern Canada

== =Food=
 * hunts at night for food
 * rabbits, hares, small rodents, berries, grass and insects
 * winter small animals squeaking under the snow
 * already-dead animals, grass and insects

=Young=
 * learn how to hunt when they are old enough
 * pups are a month old parents feed them chewed up food
 * three to twelve pups are born in a den
 * parents feed and protect their babies
 * very playful

=Enemies=
 * Bears
 * wolves
 * mountain lions
 * eagles
 * hunters
 * farmers
 * ranchers

=Cool Facts=
 * light coloured in the winter and darker in the summer
 * good runner and can reach speeds of up to 64 per hour
 * hunt alone or will form groups to hunt larger animals
 * one howl from a coyote can set off other coyotes to join in too
 * good swimmers

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