Q 01/05
A) Barking dog
B) Prairie wolf
C) Little wolf
D) Desert runner
Answer · why
It has been called 'the most vocal of all wild North American mammals', with at least 11 distinct calls.
Q 02/05
A) Quechua
B) Navajo
C) Nahuatl
D) Apache
Answer · why
The Aztec word was coyotl; the first published use came in Clavijero's Historia de México of 1780.
Q 03/05
A) 19
B) 5
C) 9
D) 14
Answer · why
Eastern ones are large and dark; the animals get paler and smaller westward and redder in Mexico and Central America.
Q 04/05
A) 8 to 20 kg
B) 20 to 30 kg
C) 30 to 40 kg
D) 40 to 60 kg
Answer · why
Northern coyotes average about 18 kg and Mexican ones about 11.5 kg; the record, shot in Wyoming in 1937, was 34 kg.
Q 05/05
A) Least Concern
B) Near Threatened
C) Vulnerable
D) Endangered
Answer · why
It is abundant across North America and still expanding its range, including into cities.
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