Coyote, Canis latrans, Predation on a Bison, Bison bison, Calf in Yellowstone National Park

Authors

  • J. W. Sheldon Yellowstone Ecological Research Center, 2048 Analysis Drive, Bozeman, Montana 59718
  • Gregory Reed Yellowstone Ecological Research Center, 2048 Analysis Drive, Bozeman, Montana 59718
  • A. Cheyenne Burnett Yellowstone Ecological Research Center, 2048 Analysis Drive, Bozeman, Montana 59718
  • Kevin Li Yellowstone Ecological Research Center, 2048 Analysis Drive, Bozeman, Montana 59718
  • Robert L. Crabtree Yellowstone Ecological Research Center, 2048 Analysis Drive, Bozeman, Montana 59718

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v123i3.974

Keywords:

Coyote, Canis latrans, Bison, Bison bison, predation, Yellowstone

Abstract

We observed a single adult male Coyote (Canis latrans) kill a Bison (Bison bison) calf in Yellowstone National Park. The predation is, to our knowledge, the only direct and complete observation of a lone Coyote capturing and killing a Bison calf. The bison calf had unsuccessfully attempted to ford a river with a group and subsequently become stranded alone in the territory of a six-year-old alpha male Coyote.

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