Appearance: Coywolves are about the size of a medium to large dog. Slightly larger than coyotes, coywolves generally weigh around 14-18 kilograms and measure 1.2-1.5 metres from nose to tail. Coywolves have thicker coats, longer legs and bushier tails than coyotes, which give them a wolf-like appearance.
Diet: Coywolves are omnivores with a very adaptable diet, similar to coyotes. They feed on everything from berries and seeds to small mammals like mice, voles, squirrels and rabbits. However, their larger jaw structure allows them to also hunt larger mammals, as wolves do, such as deer, which are a staple of their diet come springtime. In the city, coywolves will also eat garbage, compost, fruit or vegetable gardens and small outdoor pets.
Behaviour: Coywolves have the wolf characteristics of pack hunting, which aid them in taking down larger animals such as dear. Unlike wolves, though, coywolves are incredibly comfortable living in close proximity to people. However, these creatures are excellent at going unnoticed and are rarely seen by people. This is because despite being able to live near us, coywolves generally avoid people. Coywolves thrive in a city landscape because they are extremely intelligent. In urban areas, they have adapted to be nocturnal, as well as shrink their territories from 20-40 square kilometres as they have in the countryside to 5-8 square kilometres in the city. Coywolves create their dens natural green space like parks, ravines and stream banks and even unused portions of backyards.
Coywolves also leave the nest earlier than both wolves and coyotes; venturing out on their own by the time they are two. This is what is causing them to spread through eastern Canada and down into the United States so quickly.
Diet: Coywolves are omnivores with a very adaptable diet, similar to coyotes. They feed on everything from berries and seeds to small mammals like mice, voles, squirrels and rabbits. However, their larger jaw structure allows them to also hunt larger mammals, as wolves do, such as deer, which are a staple of their diet come springtime. In the city, coywolves will also eat garbage, compost, fruit or vegetable gardens and small outdoor pets.
Behaviour: Coywolves have the wolf characteristics of pack hunting, which aid them in taking down larger animals such as dear. Unlike wolves, though, coywolves are incredibly comfortable living in close proximity to people. However, these creatures are excellent at going unnoticed and are rarely seen by people. This is because despite being able to live near us, coywolves generally avoid people. Coywolves thrive in a city landscape because they are extremely intelligent. In urban areas, they have adapted to be nocturnal, as well as shrink their territories from 20-40 square kilometres as they have in the countryside to 5-8 square kilometres in the city. Coywolves create their dens natural green space like parks, ravines and stream banks and even unused portions of backyards.
Coywolves also leave the nest earlier than both wolves and coyotes; venturing out on their own by the time they are two. This is what is causing them to spread through eastern Canada and down into the United States so quickly.