I don’t know the original source of this photo, but it appears to be of a coyote or coydog in the West. If this is a wild coyote or coydog, then this would be evidence of hybridization between dogs and coyotes outside the East. My initial source said it was in California.
If anyone knows, I would greatly appreciate it.
Update (3 September 2016): This animal was photographed in Baja California, which is in Mexico. There isn’t much written about coyote hybrids outside of the US and Canada, but it is assumed that they do happen in Mexico and Central America. Pre-Columbian civilizations in Mexico did cross coyotes. dogs, and Mexican wolves in their menageries.
Seems like Pakistani Bhagyari Shepherd Dog to me LOL!
Original source seems to be this guy on Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/superjayjay/29234015435/in/datetaken/
He called it a coyote. Interesting.
Looks like it was on Instagram first, which I missed. Gives you some location data. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJjdBfijL_y/
So it’s in BAJA California, which is Mexico. Interesting.
it’s the eyes!
I once wrote a guy in CA who bred and hunted with dogs for coyotes and he assured me that they have wild coydogs out that way as well.
Shame your splitter buddy can’t see this.