Subspecies and Distribution. C. l. latrans Say, 1823 — S Canada and USA (Great Plains region). C. l. cagottis Hamilton-Smith, 1839 — SE Mexico. C. l. clepticus Elliot, 1903 — Mexico (N Baja California) and USA (S California). C. I. dickeyi Nelson, 1932 — Costa Rica, El Salvador, W Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. C. I. frustror Woodhouse, 1850 — USA (Missouri, Kansas, parts of Oklahoma & E Texas). C. I. goldmani Merriam, 1904 — Belize, Guatemala, and S Mexico. C. I. hondurensis Goldman, 1936 — E Honduras. impavidusJ. A. Allen, 1903 — W Mexico. ~ NDOD = incolatus Hall, 1934 — Alaska and NW Canada. jamest Townsend, 1912 — Mexico (Tiburon I, Baja California). lestes Merriam, 1897 — SW Canada and W USA (Intermountain Region & NW). mearnsi Merriam, 1897 — NW Mexico and SW USA. OOOO microdon Merriam, 1897 — NE Mexico and S USA (S Texas). ochropus Eschscholtz, 1829 — W USA (W coast). peninsulae Merriam, 1897 — Mexico (S Baja California). texensis Bailey, 1905 — S USA (W Texas & New Mexico). thamnosJackson, 1949 — N-C Canada and E USA. umpquensisJackson, 1949 — USA (NW coast). vigilis Merriam, 1897 — SW Mexico. ~~ Coyotes did not originally occur on the USA E coast or Florida. They (probably thamnos) have expanded into the area with the clearing of forests and been introduced to Florida and Georgia (subspecies unknown). in Canidae