Canis latrans Say 1823

Hidalgo-Mihart, Mircea G., Contreras-Moreno, Fernando M., Jesús-de la Cruz, Alejandro, Juárez-López, Rugieri, Bravata de la Cruz, Yaribeth, Pérez-Solano, Luz A., Hernández-Lara, Carolina, Friedeberg, Diana, Thornton, Dan & Koller-González, Juan M., 2017, Inventory of medium-sized and large mammals in the wetlands of Laguna de Terminos and Pantanos de Centla, Mexico, Check List 13 (6), pp. 711-726 : 718

Canis latrans Say 1823

Material examined. Table 2; Figure 19.

Canis latrans is the only dog-like species native to the area (Hall 1981). This species could be confused with domestic dogs, but domestic dogs usually have shorter legs and shorter fur ( Reid 2009).