The coyote is also called the prairie wolf to distinguish it from the gray wolf, which is called the timber wolf.

When I was fifteen, I spent a few weeks at my grandparents' cabin in the remote Stehekin river valley (to this day there are no roads to there) in Washington state. I was roaming all over the forest and along the river worrying my grandfather who was of the opinion there were black bears and timber wolves around the valley who would very much like to turn me into lunch. Never did see any sign of them.

In case anyone's interested, coyote brown is the color for uniform accessories (belts, boots, undershirts) that by 2016 had won out in the interservice game of uniform one-upmanship that dominated my US military career (2000-2020).

There might have been a couple of wars going on, too, but I mainly remember having to continually change out uniforms, as if we were on Star Trek.