Canis latrans Say, 1823 . In James, Account Exped. Pittsburgh to Rocky Mtns, 1:168.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Engineer cantonment" reported at "latitude 41°25'N, and longitude.,.95°47'30'W" (p. XVIII, vol. 2). Reported in Honacki et al. (1982) as " U.S.A., Nebraska, Washington Co., Engineer Cantonment, about 12 mi. (19.2 km) S. E. Blair" .

DISTRIBUTION: Originally may have occurred west of the Mississippi R., north to about 55°N, and south to Mexico City. Has extended its range north to N Alaska (USA), Northwest Territories, and Hudson Bay (Canada), approximately to 70°N, south to Costa Rica to approximately 10°N, and east to the Atlantic coast. Introduced in Florida and Georgia (Bekoff, 1977).

SYNONYMS: cagottis H[amilton]. Smith, 1839; clepticus Elliot, 1903; dickeyi Nelson, 1932; estor Merriam, 1897; frustror Woodhouse, 1850; goldmani Merriam, 1904; hondurensis Goldman, 1936; impavidus Allen, 1903; jamesi Townsend, 1912; lestes Merriam, 1897; mearnsi Merriam, 1897; microdon Merriam, 1897; ochropus Eschscholtz, 1829; peninsulae Merriam, 1897; texensis Bailey, 1905; thamnos Jackson, 1949; umpquensis Jackson, 1949; vigilis Merriam, 1897.

COMMENTS: Revised by Young (1951), and reviewed by Bekoff (1977, Mammalian Species, 79).