Mediocrity Has Consequences

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Oddball coyote skull.

These are both lestes subspecies (mountain coyote), from Eastern Washington. They lived within 150 miles of each other.

The pathologies on the smaller coyote are odd and have a few folks thinking there may be dog in its lineage. The stop, the muzzle, the interorbital width, the sagittal crest, the nasal bone shape... none of these are usual pathological features. The healing hole isn't too unusual but it doesn't seem to be from a typical wound.

Coyote experts out there, what do you think? @blackbackedjackal I'd love to hear your thoughts. What do we have here?