Coyotes are primarily nocturnal, but can often be seen during daylight hours.

Coyotes are capable of digging their own burrows, though they often prefer the burrows of groundhogs or American badgers.

Coyotes will sometimes mate with domestic dogs, usually in areas such as Texas and Oklahoma, where the coyotes are plentiful and the breeding season is extended because of the warm weather.

Coyotes are persistent hunters, with successful attacks sometimes lasting as long as 21 hours ; even unsuccessful ones can continue more than eight hours before the coyotes give up.

Coyotes are difficult to tame, except when raised from a very young age, and even then, much of their wild temperament shows when they reach puberty.

Coyotes are presently the most abundant livestock predators in western North America, causing the majority of sheep, goat and cattle losses.

Coyotes are often attracted to dog food and animals that are small enough to appear as prey.

Coyotes are an important furbearer in the region.

The Phoenix Coyotes are a National Hockey League franchise based in Arizona.

Teams at the University of South Dakota and the College of Idaho are " Coyotes ".

Of wide and notable repute, however, are the Snakeheads and Coyotes, which operate in the business of smuggling Chinese and Mexican migrants, respectively.

" Coyotes " are the name for smugglers who facilitate the migration of people across the U. S. border.

Coors and / or Molson are beer sponsors of the NHL's Colorado Avalanche, Detroit Red Wings, Phoenix Coyotes, San Jose Sharks and all six Canadian teams.

Once they reach adulthood, Canada Geese are rarely preyed on, but ( beyond humans ) are taken by Coyotes, Gray Wolves, Snowy Owls, Golden Eagles and Bald Eagles.

Coyotes in their dark projection reality are called Skin-walkers but a human whose a higher level but less karma will shift into a plain coyote.

The school's athletic teams are called the " Coyotes " ( pronounced Ki Yoat ) and nicknamed the " Yotes " ( Yoats ).

The franchises with the most Jack Adams Award winners are the Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings and Phoenix Coyotes with four winners, although the Coyotes had two winners in Winnipeg before they moved to Arizona, followed by the St. Louis Blues with three.

The only former original Jets still with an NHL contract for the season are Nikolai Khabibulin of the Edmonton Oilers, Teemu Selanne of the Anaheim Ducks, and current Coyotes captain Shane Doan.

A tradition minded Warden Clan bearing cultural stylings of the ancient Terran Native Americans, the Coyotes are among the most powerful of Clans, having exclusive control of five worlds and partial control of many others in the Kerensky Cluster.

The Coyotes are sworn enemies of Clan Star Adder.

They have a brutal training course almost on par with Clan Coyote, but its warriors are somewhat less tactically intelligent, due to the Coyotes dominance of Clan Bloodlines.

Coyotes shed once a year, beginning in May with light hair loss, ending in July after heavy shedding.

Coyotes have also been known, on occasion, to mate with wolves, though this is less common than with dogs, due to the wolf's hostility to the coyote.

Coyotes shift their hunting techniques in accordance with their prey.

Coyotes will sometimes form a symbiotic relationship with American badgers.

Coyotes have also competed with and occasionally eaten Canada lynxes in areas where both species overlap.

Coyotes have never been domesticated ( not the same thing as tamed ) with the possible exception of the Hare Indian dogs, which may have been domesticated coyotes or dog-coyote hybrids, used by the Hare Native American tribe of northern Canada for hunting.

Coyotes will typically bite the throat just behind the jaw and below the ear when attacking adult sheep or goats, with death commonly resulting from suffocation.

In May 2000, he agreed to buy a 10 % stake in the Phoenix Coyotes in a partnership with majority owner Steve Ellman, taking on the roles of alternate governor, managing partner and head of hockey operations.

Gretzky did not attend the Coyotes ' training camp, leaving associate head coach Ulf Samuelsson in charge, due to an uncertain contractual status with the club, whose bankruptcy hearings were continuing.

Bidders for the club had indicated that Gretzky would no longer be associated with the team after it emerged from bankruptcy, and on September 24, 2009, Gretzky stepped down as head coach and head of hockey operations of the Coyotes.

Eventually finishing with the sixth seed, they faced the Phoenix Coyotes in the opening round.

The Ducks finished with a 36 – 33 – 13 record, the franchise's first winning record, good enough for home ice in the first round as the number four seed against the Phoenix Coyotes.

* Steve Sullivan, NHL player with the Phoenix Coyotes

Kariya debuted with the team on October 4, 2007, registering an assist in a 3 – 2 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes.

The Phoenix Coyotes of the NHL once called the US Airways Center home, starting with their move from Winnipeg to Phoenix in 1996, and up until 2003, when they moved to Jobing. com Arena ( formerly Glendale Arena ), which was more suited for NHL hockey.

The Coyotes had a long spirited intrastate rivalry with the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, until 2004 when SDSU moved to Division I athletics and the two schools stopped competing in major sports.

The Coyotes had a strong season, going 39 – 31 – 8 – 4, earning 90 points and third place in the Pacific Division, sixth in the Western Conference.

Despite finishing with a 35 – 27 – 17 – 3 record, earning 90 points, the Coyotes failed to reach the playoffs in the 2000-01, as Phoenix finished in ninth place in the Western Conference.

Daigneault has played for the Vancouver Canucks ( 1984 – 85 – 1985 – 86 ), Philadelphia Flyers ( 1986 – 87 – 1987 – 88 ), Montreal Canadiens ( 1989 – 90 – 1995 – 96 ), St. Louis Blues ( 1995 – 96 ), Pittsburgh Penguins ( 1995 – 96 – 1996 – 97 ), Mighty Ducks of Anaheim ( 1996 – 97 – 1997 – 98 ), New York Islanders ( 1997 – 98 ), Nashville Predators ( 1998 – 99 ), Phoenix Coyotes ( 1998 – 99 – 1999 – 2000 ), and Minnesota Wild ( 2000 – 01 ).

Coyotes ( Canis latrans ) and San Joaquin Valley Kit Fox ( Vulpes macrotis mutica ) are also known to consume the squirrels, but they are not a main part of their diet.