Wolf or Coyote?

[ERSS]

Checked a few cams this weekend and had one trail that was just a predator parade.

What do ya think. Wolf or Coyote?

 

[SteveE]

Tough to get a read on the head but the tail and legs look coyote imo.

Anything in the picture you can make a height comparison to? Other pictures of it?

 

[Southern Elk]

My guess would be coyote. As SteveE mentioned the legs look like coyote. Wolves have longer legs.

 

[ERSS]

Not any other pics of this critter, but here are a few more from that month for size comparison.....

 

[ERSS]

At first glance, I thought wolf...but it was the skinny legs also that got me thinking maybe coyote. Then when I tried to compare size with some other pics....? Definitely wolves in the area....

 

[----]

I'm 60/40 wolf/coyote. Real thin wrists like a yote, but looks to have a pretty thick melon on it like a wolf.

 

[Ben Lamb]

I'm 60/40 wolf/coyote. Real thin wrists like a yote, but looks to have a pretty thick melon on it like a wolf.

agree w/ the goat killer.

 

[Elkmagnet]

At first glance, I thought wolf...but it was the skinny legs also that got me thinking maybe coyote. Then when I tried to compare size with some other pics....? Definitely wolves in the area....

It's not the skinny legs that makes me think it's a coyote it's that they're so short looking. On the other hand the head posture says wolf to me and overall size compared to your lion says maybe young wolf?
Cool pics! Probably not what you were hoping to see tho.

 

[wytex]

Wolf, coyote would not be that hairy this time of the year. Judging from the size comparisons it definitely looks like wolf size.

 

[Southern Elk]

It's not the skinny legs that makes me think it's a coyote it's that they're so short looking.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[ccc23454]

Yote, legs into shoulders show it

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[mtmuley]

Could be either. Young wolf maybe. Beings it was alone, I doubt it was a wolf though. mtmuley

 

[noharleyyet]

You guy's coyotes make ours look pitiful. I don't have a clue what that one is.

 

[MTGomer]

Coyote.

 

[FAIR CHASE]

Looks to be a young skinny wolf.

 

[shoots-straight]

The white around the muzzle says wolf to me. The size says wolf too. Not a big one. The left front leg looks are perplexing though. Looks smallish. While the other three legs fit the bill of wolf. Wonder if his leg is messed up?

 

[Luke44]

I don't see how that could be a coyote.. Look at the size compared to the other critters and their distance from the camera. I think it's easier to mistake a wolf for a coyote than vice versa

 

[RUT JUNKEY]

I say young wolf because of the head/markings. Im no wolf expert...but do see a ton of yotes of every size here.

 

[MNElkNut]

The feet look small to me....that says coyote. the head, however, looks wolfy to me. I am on the fence and no help!

 

[Frenchy]

I'd say Coyote too. Based on the slender legs. That got me thinking about a couple of pictures i had on a cam from last year. Any guesses as to what this one is? There really isn't a good angle to look at, but what are your thoughts.