Summer food habits of coyotes in Idaho's River of No Return Wilderness Area

Authors

Charles L. Elliott, Department of Botany and Range Sciences, Brigham Young University
Richard Guetig, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky

Abstract

Summer food habits of coyotes (Canis latrans)in the River of No Return Wilderness Area, Idaho, were determined. Analysis of 51 scats (fecal samples) revealed that Columbian ground squirrels (Spermophilus columbianus), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), and deer mice (Peromyscus manniculatus) exhibited the greatest frequency of occurrence for identified food items, being detected in 57%, 27%, and 16%, respectively, of scats examined.

Recommended Citation

Elliott, Charles L. and Guetig, Richard (1990) "Summer food habits of coyotes in Idaho's River of No Return Wilderness Area," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 50: No. 1, Article 8.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol50/iss1/8