Fox or coyote?

[mdhunter]

As an east coast guy located near the beaches in Maryland I did not grow up with coyotes. There has been the occasional one in the last few years on social media. I have a new farm this year and see this guy. Help me here, fox or coyote?

 

[Nick87]

Coyote

 

[mdhunter]

It’s hot and humid here in the summers so foxes do get pretty mangy. Guess I will find out.

That spot has had turkeys all over it and since this picture (and a few others) they have disappeared.

 

[Valley1320]

Coyote

 

[MarvB]

Yote... muzzle looks to big for a fox

 

[SFC B]

I say juvenile yote.

 

[jdf]

Coyote for sure

 

[belshawelk]

Coyote

 

[Howie]

Ditto

 

[mdhunter]

“Times they are a changing“...thanks guys!

 

[dirtclod Az.]

Coyote...

 

[JustinsDad]

Beep-beep!

 

[WyoDoug]

Coyote. Main differences:

• Coyotes over 20 pounds/foxes are generally less
• Coyotes hunt during day or night where foxes are generally nocturnal
• Coyotes live in packs January-February for mating but foxes mate in pairs. Otherwise both solitary.
• Coyotes have long triangular ears. Foxes have relatively short ears.
• Foxes have a shorter snout that what you see in the image
• Foxes have tails longer proportionately to their body.

I grew up on a farm shooting coyotes on a regular basis. Never saw foxes until we left the farm and moved to the city.

 

[fallfreak]

Coyote

 

[RobertD]

If I'm not mistaken, the mid-Atlantic coast area is one of the last places to get coyotes in the U.S. I think Delaware was the last holdout.