Hybrids between coyotes and domestic dogs have been bred in captivity, which dates to pre-Columbian Mexico.
Other specimens were later produced by mammal biologists mostly for research purposes.
Domestic dogs are included in the gray wolf species; hence, coydogs are another biological sub-variation of hybrids between coyotes and gray wolves; the dog being considered a domesticated subspecies of Canis lupus.
Hybrids between coyotes and domestic dogs have been bred in captivity, which dates to pre-Columbian Mexico. Other specimens were later produced by mammal biologists mostly for research purposes. Domestic dogs are included in the gray wolf species; hence, coydogs are another biological sub-variation of hybrids between coyotes and gray wolves; the dog being considered a domesticated subspecies of Canis lupus.
Coywolf