Coyote, wolf, or ????

[Thomas]

I would lean more of coyote but 100% blood line.

 

[MossRoad]

I'll second that it sure is a beautiful specimen, whatever it is.

As others have said, the coyotes around here are pretty skinny. That's a pretty stout animal. Set up a game camera behind the bale and see what you get over the next few weeks.

 

[Motorboatin]

Probably the Mexican Gray Wolf seeing as you are in Texas

The ears and coloring are right and they have long fur

 

[jbrumberg]

^^^^^. The Mexican Gray Wolf seems to be a reasonable ID. Beautiful animals,

 

[jcwells]

Probably the Mexican Gray Wolf seeing as you are in Texas

The ears and coloring are right and they have long fur


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Wow! If so, it would have migrated from a long way away! I had read that wildlife folks were repopulating these in the mountains of far west Texas and in New Mexico. I'll look a lot more closely around that area this weekend, and see if I can find some physical evidence. Game camera would be fun, too...

 

[aczlan]

Wow! If so, it would have migrated from a long way away! I had read that wildlife folks were repopulating these in the mountains of far west Texas and in New Mexico. I'll look a lot more closely around that area this weekend, and see if I can find some physical evidence. Game camera would be fun, too...

Perhaps there is some fur left on top of the bale?

Aaron Z

 

[Deerherd]

Red Wolf, and a very nice one.

 

[Xfaxman]

We have a dog from a rescue place that was advertised as mixed breed german shepard. When we went to look at him she said he was red wolf and shepard:

Markings are similar to to the OP's picture on the round bale.

The picture is too small to be able to enhance it very much:

 

[dragoneggs]

I would guess one incredibly healthy wolf, maybe a shepherd mix. Doubt it has coyote in it. We rescued a Coy-Dog from the wild and was a great family pet for more than 10 years. She was incredibly smart, agile, and great around people. Never got as big as a typical Shepherd.

Here is an old pic of our Nikki...

 

[txdon]

Its not a coyote.
For comparison here are central Texas coyotes I took a pic of.