Reproduction in captive wild-caught coyotes (Canis latrans)
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Journal of Mammalogy
Volume
83
Issue
2
Publisher
American Society of Mammalogists
Publication Date
2002
First Page
501
Last Page
506
Abstract
We assessed reproductive patterns of coyotes (Canis latrans) from a 12-year data set involving 24 pairs of captive animals acquired from Latah County, Idaho. None of the females had placental scars (fetal implantation sites) at 1 year of age, but over 80% had placental scars by 2 years of age. The fraction with placental scars remained at 80-90% through age 9 years and then declined to
Recommended Citation
Knowlton, Frederick F.; Green, Jeffrey S.; and Pitt, William C., "Reproduction in captive wild-caught coyotes (Canis latrans)" (2002). Wildland Resources Faculty Publications. Paper 1589.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wild_facpub/1589
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