| Such an event would mean that this interesting little canid will have been restored to its rightful place as part of Canada's natural heritage. |
| It has a heavy skull and a massive neck, and it is also by far the shortest-legged and least cursorial canid. |
| The chapter about coyotes and canid coexistence in Yellowstone contains the best discussion of coyote social organization I have seen. |
| When compared with all known members of the family of canid they betray a distinct and abnormal origin. |
| Social animals are the most easily subjugated by man, and several species of canid hunt in packs. |
| Indeed, no other canid that we know of has teeth so much adapted to a frugivorous diet as are those of C. fortidens. |
