Canis latrans texensis, coyote skull specimen, Texas, Frontera, from the Mexican Boundary Survey

The survey party collected animal specimens to study the locations and relationships of various species. The published report noted that the Texas coyote rarely appeared during the day, but at night “there are no bounds to its impudence, not only coming into camp, but stealing your provisions literally from under your nose.”

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History