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It leaves the impression that they are a near 50-50 mix of wolf and coyote, and that just isn't the case, he said. "They are eastern coyotes," Gehrt said.

SHINGLE SPRINGS — What appears to have been a hybrid coyote and wolf, or a coywolf, was spotted in the Shingle Springs area.Images show the animal close to a mobile home park at midday last week.

She said the new species is a genetic mix between the red wolf and the coyote. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Association, the red wolf was declared extinct in the wild in 1980.

Burr Ridge police said it's possible a coywolf, a coyote-wolf hybrid, may have been spotted in the area of 83rd and County Line Road.

After a DNA test released Tuesday, July 26, confirmed that an animal shot last December in the Greater Capital Region was a gray wolf, the Department of Environmental Conservation said otherwise.

The wolf-like coyotes could be the key to conservation. She says that when more red wolves are ready to be reintroduced to the wild, they should be placed close to hybrid carriers of this ghost DNA.