The

coyote The coyote (''Canis latrans'') is a species of canis, canine native to North America. It is smaller than its close relative, the wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf. It fills much of the same ecologica ...

is a species of canine found throughout North and Central America. Coyote or El Coyote may also refer to:

Mythology

Coyote (mythology) Coyote is a mythological character common to many cultures of the Indigenous peoples of North America, based on the coyote (''Canis latrans'') animal. This character is usually male and is generally anthropomorphic, although he may have some c ...

, trickster spirit of many indigenous cultures of North America *

Coyote (Navajo mythology) Coyote ( Navajo: ) is an irresponsible and trouble-making character who is nevertheless one of the most important and revered characters in Navajo mythology.Zolbrod, P.G. (1984) ''Diné bahaneʼ: The Navajo creation story. University of New Mexico P ...

Geography

Coyote, California Coyote is an unincorporated community in a narrowing of Santa Clara ValleySome locals refer to this section of the Santa Clara Valley as " Coyote Valley", although it is not shown as such on maps. astride Coyote Creek, between San Jose and ...

, an unincorporated community *

Coyote, Lincoln County, New Mexico Coyote is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. Coyote is located near U.S. Route 54 in New Mexico, U.S. Route 54, north-northeast of Carrizozo, New Mexico, Carr ...

, an unincorporated community * Coyote, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, a census-designated place *

Coyote Buttes Coyote Buttes is a section of the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), spanning extreme south-central Utah and north-central Arizona, south of US 89 halfway between Kanab, Utah and Page, Arizona ...

, Utah and Arizona * Coyote Creek (disambiguation) *

Coyote Dam (Santa Clara County, California) Coyote Dam is a high, long, earth and rock dam built in in Santa Clara County, California, United States, located north of Gilroy, California, Gilroy. It impounds the long Coyote Lake (Santa Clara County, California), Coyote Lake (also known ...

Coyote Gold Mine The Coyote Gold Mine is a gold mine located in the remote Tanami Desert in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. The mine, processing plant and camp are 17 km west of the Northern Territory border. The mine was closed in 2013 and pla ...

, in the remote Tanami Desert of Australia * Coyote Hills (disambiguation) *

Coyote Lake (disambiguation) Coyote Lake may refer to: * Coyote Lake (San Bernardino County, California) * Coyote Lake (Santa Clara County, California) * Coyote Lake (near Dogtooth Peak in Fresno County, California) * Coyote Lake (near Sharktooth Peak in Fresno County, Califor ...

* Coyote Mountain (disambiguation) *

Coyote Mountains (Arizona) The Coyote Mountains Wilderness of Arizona is part of the Coyote Mountains of southern Arizona in the center of Pima County. The wilderness lies about 40 mi southwest of Tucson,Arizona Road & Recreation Atlas, pp. 86–87. in the northwest o ...

Coyote Mountains The Coyote Mountains are a small mountain range in San Diego and Imperial Counties in southern California.''El Cajun, California,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Quanrangle, USGS, 1979 The Coyotes form a narrow ESE trending wide range with a length ...

, California *

Coyote Valley, California Coyote Valley is an area located in a narrowing of the southern Santa Clara Valley, in Northern California. Coyote Valley is approximately in size and largely composed of farmland, orchards, open space preserves, and homes. Coyote Valley is gen ...

* Coyote Valley, Colorado (

Kawuneeche Valley Kawuneeche Valley, also known as Kawuneeche or Coyote Valley, is a marshy valley of the Colorado River near its beginning. It is located on the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. The axis of the valley runs almost directly no ...

) *

Rancho Los Coyotes Rancho Los Coyotes was a 1834 Mexican land grant resulting from the partition of the Rancho Los Nietos grant, in present-day southeastern Los Angeles County and northwestern Orange County, California. The rancho lands include the present-day c ...

, an 1834 Mexican land grant

People

Coyote (person) Colloquially, a coyote is a person who smuggles immigrants across the Mexico–United States border.David Spener, ''Clandestine Crossings: Migrants and Coyotes on the Texas-Mexico Border''. Cornell University Press: 2009 The word "coyote" is a l ...

, a person who smuggles people illegally into the US from Mexico *

Coyote (racial category) ''Coyote'' (fem. ''Coyota'') (from the Nahuatl word ''coyotl'', coyote) is a colonial Spanish American racial term for a mixed-race person casta that usually refers to a person born of parents, one of whom a Mestizo (mixed Spanish + Indig ...

, in colonial Mexico, a person with Amerindian and Spanish ancestry * Alberto Coyote (born 1967), Mexican football player *

Ivan Coyote Ivan E. Coyote (born August 11, 1969) is a Canadian spoken word performer, writer, and LGBT advocate. Coyote has won many accolades for their collections of short stories, novels, and films. They also visit schools to tell stories and give writin ...

(born 1969), Canadian spoken word performer and writer *

Peter Coyote Peter Coyote (born Robert Peter Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author and narrator of films, theatre, television, and audiobooks. He worked on films such as '' E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' (1982), '' Cr ...

(born 1941), American actor *

Coyote Peterson Nathaniel "Coyote" Peterson (born September 1, 1981) is an American YouTuber, wildlife educator, and host of Animal Planet's series ''Coyote Peterson: Brave the Wild''. He is best known for his YouTube channel Brave Wilderness, which focuses on d ...

(born 1981), American YouTuber and wildlife educator *

Coyote Shivers Francis "Coyote" Shivers is a Canadian-American musician and actor. Music and acting Shivers co-produced the first single for the band Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. The B-side to that single, "Having an Average Weekend," became the theme to ...

(born 1965), Canadian musician and actor *

El Coyote (singer) José Angel Ledezma Quintero (born November 1, 1970), known professionally as El Coyote, is a Mexican banda singer. Life Quintero grew up in a town named Coyotitán. Before José planned to be a music artist, he wanted to play baseball profess ...

, Mexican singer José Angel Ledezma Quintero (born 1970)

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Coyote, a character in the TV series ''Gargoyles'' * Coyote, a character in the webcomic ''Gunnerkrigg Court'' *

Calamity Coyote The ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' animated television series features an extensive cast of characters. The show's central characters are mostly various forms of anthropomorphic animals, based on Looney Tunes characters from earlier films and show ...

, a cartoon character in the TV series ''

Tiny Toon Adventures ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' is an American animated comedy television series that was broadcast from September 14, 1990, to December 6, 1992. It was the first collaborative effort of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation ...

'' * Coyote Bergstein, a character in the TV series ''

Grace and Frankie ''Grace and Frankie'' is an American comedy television series created by Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris for Netflix. The series stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as the eponymous Grace Hanson and Frankie Bergstein, two aging women who form ...

'' *

El Coyote (fictional character) El Coyote (the Coyote or prairie wolf) is the name of a fictional character very similar to Zorro (El Zorro), Fox, the Fox, although acting several years later (when California had transformed to be a part of the United States' Timeline of the A ...

, a Zorro-like character created by José Mallorquí * Tech E. Coyote, a cartoon character *

Wile E. Coyote Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner are a duo of cartoon characters from the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of animated cartoons, first appearing in 1949 in the theatrical cartoon short ''Fast and Furry-ous''. In each episode, t ...

, a cartoon character * Coyote Stark, a character in the anime and manga ''Bleach''

Films

* ''The Coyote'' (1955 film), a Mexican-Spanish western film * ''Coyote'' (1992 film), a Canadian-French film * ''Coyote'' (2007 film), an independent film * ''Coyote'' (2017 film), a biography of the sailor Mike Plant * ''Coyote'' (2022 film), a Canadian drama film directed by Katherine Jerkovic

In print

* ''Coyotes'' (book), a 1987 nonfiction book on Mexican migrant workers * ''Coyote'' (comics), a comic book series by Steve Englehart * ''Coyote'' (novel), a 2002 science fiction novel by Allen Steele * ''Coyote'', a manga by

Kouta Hirano is a Japanese manga artist born in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan, most famous for his manga ''Hellsing'' and ''Drifters''. Career Hirano said he learned how to be a manga artist from reading Akira Toriyama and Akira Sakuma's ''Hetappi Manga Kenkyūjo'' ...

* ''Coyote'', a 1990 mystery novel by Linda Barnes

Other arts and entertainment

* ''Coyote'' (TV series), an American drama TV series * '' Coyote: I Like America and America Likes Me'', 1974 performance by Joseph Beuys

Music

Albums

* ''Coyote'' (Dylan LeBlanc album) (2023) * ''Coyote'' (Kayo Dot album) (2010) * ''Coyote'' (Matt Mays album) (2012)

Songs

* "Coyote" (song), from the 1976 Joni Mitchell album ''Hejira'' * "Coyote", a song from the 1989 album ''

Water in Time and Space is Susumu Hirasawa's first solo album. Background In December 1988, Hirasawa decided to put his post-punk/ new wave band P-Model on hiatus after spending two years being unable to arrange a recording deal, feeling that the group's continued ex ...

'' by Susumu Hirasawa * "Coyote", a song from the 1993 album ''

Deluxe (Better Than Ezra album) ''Deluxe'' is a studio album by the alternative rock band Better Than Ezra. It has been released by two labels: the original version in 1993 by Swell Records, and the 1995 version by Elektra Records. This is the group's best known album and con ...

'' by Better Than Ezra * "Coyote", a song from the 2002 album ''

The Ragpicker's Dream ''The Ragpicker's Dream'' is the third solo studio album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 30 September 2002 by Mercury Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album receiv ...

'' by Mark Knopfler *"Coyote", a song by

Country Joe McDonald Joseph Allen "Country Joe" McDonald (born January 1, 1942) is an American musician who was the lead singer of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Country Joe and the Fish.Richard Brenneman"Country Joe McDonald Revives Anti-War Anthem", ''Berkeley ...

* "Coyotes" (song), an American Western song by Bob McDill * "Coyotes", a song from '' We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things'' by Jason Mraz * "El Coyote", a song from '' My Favorite Picture of You'' by Guy Clark

Radio stations

* KCLQ, licensed to Lebanon, Missouri, branded as 107.9 FM The Coyote *

KCYE KCYE (107.9 FM, "107.9 Coyote Country") is a radio station licensed to Meadview, Arizona. Owned by Beasley Broadcast Group, it broadcasts a Country format serving Clark County, Nevada (including the Las Vegas metropolitan area). The station's ...

, licensed to serve Meadview, Arizona, branded as 107.9 Coyote Country *

KIOT KIOT (102.5 FM, "Coyote 102.5") is an American radio station licensed to Los Lunas, New Mexico, and serving the Albuquerque and Santa Fe radio markets broadcasting a classic rock format with music from the late 1960s through the early 2000s. The ...

, licensed to Los Lunas, New Mexico, branded as Coyote 102.5 FM *

KLQB KLQB (104.3 FM broadcasting, FM "Que Buena 104.3") is a Regional Mexican radio station serving the Austin, Texas, area. The Univision Radio outlet broadcasts with an ERP of 48,000 watts and is city of license, licensed to Taylor, Texas. Its trans ...

, licensed to Austin, Texas, at one time branded as KOYT 104.3 FM The Coyote *

KVGS KVGS (102.7 FM) - branded as 102.7 VGS - is a commercial radio station licensed to Boulder City, Nevada, serving the Las Vegas Valley region. KVGS broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format. The station's studios are located in Spring Valley i ...

, in Boulder City, Nevada, formerly branded as 102.7 FM The Coyote * WCYO, licensed to Irvine, Kentucky, branded as 100.7 FM The Coyote * WYOT, licensed to Rochelle, Illinois, branded as 102.3 FM The Coyote

Military

Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle The LAV II Bison and Coyote are armoured cars (or armoured personnel carriers) built by General Dynamics Land Systems Canada for the Canadian Forces. It is based on the Mowag Piranha 8x8. Bison vehicles have also been used (to a lesser exten ...

, used by the Canadian Armed Forces * Coyote Tactical Support Vehicle, used by the United Kingdom Armed Forces *

GQM-163 Coyote The GQM-163 Coyote is a supersonic sea skimming target built by Northrop Grumman (formerly Orbital ATK) and used by the United States Navy as a successor to the MQM-8 Vandal. Orbital's proposal was chosen over the MA-31, a joint venture between ...

, a United States Navy target drone *

HMLA-775 Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 775 (HMLA-775) is a reserve United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron consisting of Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters and Bell UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters. The squadron was reactivated from cadre ...

, a United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron known as the Coyotes *

Raytheon Coyote The Raytheon Coyote is a small, expendable, unmanned aircraft system built by the Raytheon Company, with the capability of operating in autonomous swarms. It is launched from a sonobuoy canister with the wings deploying in early flight phase. T ...

, a small, expendable, unmanned aircraft system * USS ''Coyote'' (SP-84), United States Navy patrol craft, training vessel, and supply boat *

Coyote brown Coyote brown is a color, often used in military camouflage. Coyote brown belongs to the dull yellow color subspectrum. See also *List of colors *MARPAT MARPAT (short for Marine pattern) is a multi-scale camouflage pattern in use with the U ...

is a color, often used in military camouflage

Sports

Teams

Alliston Coyotes The New Tecumseth Civics are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Alliston, Ontario. They play in the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL). History The Alliston Coyotes joined the GMHL in spring 2013. The Coyotes played their first g ...

, a Canadian Junior A ice hockey team in Ontario *

Arizona Coyotes The Arizona Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Coyotes compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference and currently play at the Mull ...

, a National Hockey League team *

Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes The Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes are the men's and women's intercollegiate athletic squads of California State University, San Bernardino. The athletic department was established in 1984 and the school's athletic mascot is the Coyote. The sc ...

, the athletics teams of Cal State University, San Bernardino *

Canton Coyotes Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ent ...

, a former minor league baseball team from Ohio *

Central Valley Coyotes The Central Valley Coyotes were a professional arena football team and were a charter member of the AF2. As the newly forming AF2 set aside its plans for a two tier league and began focusing only on bigger markets, Central Valley stepped down an ...

, a defunct arena football team from California *

Connecticut Coyotes The Connecticut Coyotes were an arena football franchise based in Hartford, Connecticut. The Coyotes played in the Eastern Division of the National Conference in the Arena Football League. History On June 22, 1994, the Arena Football League aw ...

, a former arena football team from Connecticut *

Edinburg Roadrunners The Edinburg Roadrunners were a professional baseball team based in Edinburg, Texas, in the United States. The Roadrunners were a member of the United League Baseball, an independent professional league which is not affiliated with Major League B ...

, a defunct independent baseball team from Texas, known as the Edinburg Coyotes from 2006 to 2008 *

Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes The Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes are the athletic teams that represent Kansas Wesleyan University, located in Salina, Kansas, in intercollegiate athletics as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing ...

, the athletics teams of Kansas Wesleyan University *

Las Vegas Coyotes The Las Vegas Coyotes were an inline hockey team which competed in Roller Hockey International. The team was founded as the Atlanta Fire Ants in 1994 and had a two-season stint in Oklahoma City before the team relocated to Las Vegas. The team's ho ...

, a former inline hockey team *

Osoyoos Coyotes The Osoyoos Coyotes are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Bill Ohlhausen Division of the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). They ...

, a Canadian Junior B ice hockey team in British Columbia *

Palm Desert Coyotes The Palm Desert Coyotes are an independent professional baseball team that is based in Palm Springs, California as a part of the California Winter League. They play their games in a short-season schedule from January to February at Palm Springs ...

, a possibly defunct independent baseball team from Palm Springs, California *

South Dakota Coyotes The South Dakota Coyotes, also known as the USD Coyotes (locally pronounced ; ), are the athletic teams for the University of South Dakota. Their team colors are vermilion and white. They have been members of Summit League of the NCAA's Division ...

, the University of South Dakota athletics teams * Thetford Mines Coyotes, former name of the

Thetford Mines Isothermic The Thetford Assurancia is a hockey team based in Thetford Mines, Quebec. The team is part of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH). The team plays at the Centre Mario Gosselin. History Previously this LNAH franchise was known as the Thet ...

, a Canadian ice hockey team in Quebec

Other sports uses

* Los Coyotes LPGA Classic, an LPGA golf tournament from 1989 to 1992 *

The Coyote (mascot) The Coyote is the official mascot of the San Antonio Spurs, a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association (NBA). First introduced in 1983, he was inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame in 2007. History The Coyote was firs ...

, mascot of the National Basketball Association team San Antonio Spurs

Transportation

Air

* Advanced Aviation Coyote *

Rans S-4 Coyote The Rans S-4 Coyote and Rans S-5 Coyote are a family of American single-engined, tractor configuration, single-seat, high-wing monoplanes designed by Randy Schlitter and manufactured by Aero-Max and later by Rans Inc. The Coyote was available ...

Rans S-5 Coyote The Rans S-4 Coyote and Rans S-5 Coyote are a family of United States, American single-engined, tractor configuration, single-seat, high-wing monoplanes designed by Randy Schlitter and manufactured by Aero-Max and later by Rans Inc. The Coyote ...

Rans S-6 Coyote II The Rans S-6 Coyote II is an American single-engined, tractor configuration, two-seat, high-wing monoplane designed by Randy Schlitter and manufactured by Rans Inc. The Coyote is available in kit form for amateur construction or as a complete ...

Land

* Coyote (automobile), American automobile built from 1909 to 1910 *

Coyote (chassis) Coyote was a brand of racing chassis designed and built for the use of A. J. Foyt's race team in USAC Championship car racing including the Indianapolis 500. It was used from 1966 to 1983 with Foyt himself making 141 starts in the car, winning 25 ...

, a brand of car chassis used by A. J. Foyt's race team * 5.0 L Coyote, a version of the Ford Modular engine

Other uses

* Coyote Logistics, a third-party logistics provider company and a subsidiary of

UPS UPS or ups may refer to: Companies and organizations * United Parcel Service, an American shipping company ** The UPS Store, UPS subsidiary ** UPS Airlines, UPS subsidiary * Underground Press Syndicate, later ''Alternative Press Syndicate'' or ...

* Coyote Building, Chicago * ''Coyotes'' (book), a 1987 nonfiction book about Mexican migrant workers * Coyote (Apache), an HTTP connector built into the Apache Tomcat Web container * Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics (

COYOTE The coyote (''Canis latrans'') is a species of canis, canine native to North America. It is smaller than its close relative, the wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf. It fills much of the same ecologica ...

), a sex workers' rights organization