[Chi-Town]

I'm going with coyote

What is the Difference Between a Fox and a Coyote? – Animal Creative Facts

[Nanbrands]

Originally Posted by alemorkam

A pair of young animals in The Villages.

If you have a small dog and coyotes are nearby it could be wise to purchase a coyote vest for your dog. My friend & her husband invented them after a coyote came and snatched her dog from her as they were loading the dog into the car in Cali. Coyotes can be cunning, dangerous and quick. Nothing to mess with if you have a small fur baby. Just a suggestion if you have coyotes roaming nearby.

[Keith1911]

Another vote for Coyote

[Bellavita]

[QUOTE=alemorkam;2047926]A pair of young animals

does it matter? Both are carnivores

each can get a cat. A fox is small coyote like a German shepherd on the thin size can and will eat a small dog. With the expansion and growth many animals have nowhere to go. They will live where they can to survive

[ThirdOfFive]

#1: Coyotes
#2: Fox

Picture #1: the critters are far rangier-built, scrawny tails, generally scruffier-looking. The fox in Picture 2 is sleeker, built lower to the ground (foxes are a lot smaller than coyotes) with a far bushier tail. Also both of the animals in Picture # has a black mane along it's back. The animal in the second picture doesn't.

In any case, I'd be worried if the critters in either picture approaches anyone. Just read an article in the St. Paul Pioneer Press that America has had it's greatest outbreak of rabies cases in years, and both foxes and coyotes are known carriers of rabies.

Plus, none of the three animals are wearing a mask...

[flash4353]

Coyotes don't have bushy tails.

[jimkerr]

Coyote for sure.

[OhioBuckeye]

I would have to say coyotes, they’re pretty bold not like a fox very skiddish. When we lived in the Village of Charlotte I caught a fox curled up under our bushes in our very small back yard 2 days in a row. As soon as it saw me looking out the window at it, it was gone like a blurr! Never saw a Fox again but did see a couple of coyotes in the front of our house looking for food. Probably a stray cat. Be very protective of your pets because if you let them out alone very much, eventually they’ll be gone, unless unless you have a Pit Bull. Seriously!

[Warcats]

Coyote

[Proveone]

Originally Posted by alemorkam

A pair of young animals in The Villages.

Fox!

[larbud]

Originally Posted by proveone

fox!

not!

[davem4616]

could be a mix, as someone else pointed out the tail isn't big enough for a fox...but the reddish coloring makes me question if it's a pure coyote

[ElDiabloJoe]

I was running in a nature reserve area of a dense metropolitan area (Upper back bay, Newport Beach, CA) when I happened upon a lady walking two Labrador retrievers. One was being chased in circles around a large shrub / small tree on the ivy-covered slope of some millionaire's backyard.

That a coyote would take on an animal as big as a retriever while within 10 feet of not only another but the owner shows their boldness.

I stopped to assist and chucked a few rocks at the coyote. It begrudgingly sauntered (not easily deterred) off, but it stopped every 50 feet or so and looked back to see if it was out of my throwing arm's range or if it could go back to getting its Labrador for breakfast.

It is not just small pets one should worry about, it is also small children. Additionally, don't think your presence nearby will deter the coyote from taking either from you.

[DonnaNi4os]

No photo??? Where did you see them?

[1948JDG]

Could be a Coydog, a cross between a dog and coyote.