Howling Coyote

Howling

Howling is a vocal form of animal communication seen in most canines, particularly wolves, coyotes, foxes, and dogs, as well as cats and some species of monkeys. Howls are lengthy sustained sounds, loud and audible over long distances, often with some variation in pitch over the length of the sound. Howling is generally used by animals that engage in this behavior to signal their positions to one another, to call the pack to assemble, or to note their territory. The behavior is occasionally copied by humans, and has been noted to have varying degrees of significance in human culture.

Coyote

The coyote is a species of canine also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, and brush wolf. It is native to North America, and it is smaller than its close relative, the gray wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf. It fills much of the same ecological niche as the golden jackal does in Eurasia, but the coyote is generally larger.

howling

Noun

1. The act of producing howls.

Verb

1. present participle and gerund of howl

coyote

Noun

1. Canis latrans, a species of canine native to North America.
2. A smuggler of undocumented immigrants across the land border from Latin America into the United States of America.

Verb

1. To prospect for gold by manually digging holes into overlying earth, as into a hillside.