Distribution.—Northeastern Washington, west to Okanogan and Conconully (W. W. D.).
Remarks.—Several series of coyote skulls from northeastern Washington are more variable than series of lestes from California and incolatus from British Columbia. The "dish-faced" character of incolatus is more strongly represented in some coyotes from northeastern Washington than in topotypes of incolatus but others are more like lestes. In average measurements they are nearer incolatus.
Canis lupus fuscus Richardson
Timber Wolf
Canis lupus var. fusca Richardson, Mammalia, Zoölogy, Captain Beechey's voyage of the Blossom, p. 5, 1839.
Lupus gigas [Townsend], Jour. Acad. Sci. Philadelphia, 2:75, November, 1850 (type from near Vancouver, Clark County, Washington).
Canis gigas [Miller], Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 59 (no. 15):4, June 8, 1912.
Canis occidentalis gigas [Taylor] and [Shaw], Birds and Mamm. Mt. Rainier Nat. Park, p. 39, 1927.
Canis lycaon gigas [Bailey], N. Amer. Fauna, 55:272, August 29, 1936.
Type locality.—Banks of the Columbia below The Dalles in Oregon or Washington.