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Last name, F.M. Date of image. Title of image. Wildlife Services Image Collection. ID No. xx-xxxx. USDA/APHIS/WS National Wildlife Research Center Archives. Image URL if citing online version |
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To determine whether coyotes can produce and nurture viable offspring as a result of mating with wolves, NWRC researchers and partners deposited wolf semen into nine coyotes yielding three pregnancies and a total of six hybrid pups. The results contribute new information to an ongoing debate over whether the eastern wolf is a unique species that could be subject to protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. This image appeared in the 2014 NWRC Accomplishments Report, Accomplishments in Brief- Western Gray Wolf and Western Coyote Hybrids. |