Mass: 12 kg based on Boggess and Henderson 1977 and Layne 1958
Diet: carnivore based on Springer 1982; carnivore-insectivore based on Azevedo et al. 2006
Abundance: 0.02 to 39.10% (median 1.63%)
Latitudinal range: 9.0° to 63.8°Habitats: (27), Mediterranean woodland (2), boreal forest/taiga (5), desert/xeric shrubland (4), mangrove (2), montane grassland (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (17), temperate coniferous forest (1), temperate savanna (1), tropical/subtropical coniferous forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (11), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2)
Found in 75 samples
Canada: Lindsay, Caverne de la Mine (lower infill), Winefred Lake, EMEND site (retention level 100%, replicate 1), EMEND site (retention level 100%, replicate 2), EMEND site (retention level 100%, replicate 3), St. Brieux (winter 2011), St. Brieux (spring 2012), Roussillon, Québec, Algar
Costa Rica: San Juan–La Selva Biological Corridor
Mexico: La Reserva Natural Sierra Nanchititla, Estación Científica Las Joyas, Tolistoque (dry season), Tolistoque (rainy season), Huasabas-Sahuaripa Region, Madera West, Pico de Orizaba National Park, Pastorías (lluvias), Pastorías (secas), San Juan Bautista Cuicatlán (lluvias), San Juan Bautista Cuicatlán (secas), Reserva de la Biosfera La Encrucijada (secas), Reserva de la Biosfera La Encrucijada (lluvias), Sierra Region (secondary forest), Sierra Region (oil palm)
Panama: Ecoparque Panama
United States: Salt Pond Mountain, Haw River, Rocky River, Richlands, Capay, Boulder County, North Fork of the Cache la Poudre River, Raleigh-Durham, North of the Michigamme Reservoir, Kleberg County, Longview Lake and Warrensburg, Davis Mountain Preserve, The Wilds, Daniel Boone Field Station (riparian), Blue Grass Army Depot, Zesch Cave, Crystal Ball Cave, Silver Creek, OMNH locality VI03, Laubach Cave, Papago Springs Cave, Haystack Cave (upper levels), Golf Course, Rancho La Brea (Pit 91), Harrodsburg Crevice, Bat Cave, Scripps Poway Parkway (Feature F), Scripps Poway Parkway (Feature E), Angel Site (Subdivision W10D), McLelland, Mosquito Willie, Mykut Rockshelter, Black Cat Cave (interior), Guard, Polecat Creek (alluvial gravel), Kathy's Pit, Pintwater Cave (Unit 3, level 8), Sunshine Locality (Unit E), Schulze Cave (layer B), Schulze Cave (layer C1), Schulze Cave (layer C2), Molybdenum Ridge (triggered detections), Trail of Tears State Forest, Black Mountain Open Space Park, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (logs, feature), Nugget Canyon, West of US 287, Mojave Desert
| ♀ body mass | 11476 kg | N = 133 | Boggess and Henderson 1977 |
| ♀ body mass | 10387 kg | N = 150 | Boggess and Henderson 1977 |
| ♀ body mass | 10433 kg | N = 1 | Layne 1958 |
| ♂ body mass | 13608 kg | N = 156 | Boggess and Henderson 1977 |
| ♂ body mass | 12565 kg | N = 157 | Boggess and Henderson 1977 |
| ♀ total body length | 1218 mm | N = 1 | Layne 1958 |
| ♀ tail length | 353 mm | N = 1 | Layne 1958 |
| ♀ hind foot length | 191 mm | N = 1 | Layne 1958 |
See also Canis, Canis adustus, Canis aureus, Canis dirus, Canis lupus, Canis mesomelas, Canis sp., Canis spp.