Rodents and other small mammals are the main prey of red wolves. The dominant prey species include raccoons, white-tailed deer, swamp rabbits, cottontail rabbites, pigs, rice rats, nutria, and muskrats. Red wolves will also eat carrion. Although they are capable of taking lage prey such as deer, most of their food consists of smaller animals such as rabbits, raccoon, rodents, and birds.
Redwolves have been known to interbreed with coyotes producing hybrid young. Somewhat smaller than the better known gray wolf, but larger than the coyote, which the red wolf somewhat resembles.
Red wolves also have a more slender build and longer legs than gray wolves. Although many red wolves have a reddish cast to their fur, some do not. The general coloration ia a blend of cinnamon-brown, black, and grayish-brown. Males are gennerally larger than females.
Preferred habitats of the red wolf include large amounts of upland and swamp forests with thick cover. Dens may be enlarged burrows made by other animals, hollow trees, or other secluded sites.
Coyotes are most active at night, when they emit their characteristic sharp barks and prolonged howls; they are also active at dawn and dusk.
Usually they hunt singly or in small groups rather than packs. They subsist on carrion, birds, large insects, rodents, and rabbits. Coyotes also prey on unproteced sheep {If there are any around} and occasionally weakend deer.
They usually simply curl up in a concealed, protected spot though they do use dens. A coyote seldom digs its own den, instead, it uses natural cavities or modifies abandoned woodchuck or badger dens.
Sometimes, or often, coyotes interbreed with wolves such as redwolves, which the resemble; prodcuing hybrid young.