The large, gray eastern coyote in Central Park is part wolf, a result of cross-hybridization between coyotes and eastern wolves over the last 100 years.
Coyotes in the eastern United States are descendants of crosses between coyotes and wolves, evolving as they spread down the east coast.
The Central Park coyote has wolf ancestry but is not a coywolf, representing an evolutionary transition and distinct 'subspecies' according to zoologist Roland Kays.
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