I recently posted this picture of canines in my yard in a comment.

It's not a good picture. There are two animals who were both at least slightly moving and the photo was taken by my phone at a distance. My wife thinks they're foxes but I'm not sure.

That said, whatever they are, there's a cub in the background. It's pretty cute. A friend of mine described it as "aww, little blurry guy." They weren't wrong.

In the end the question is, were they foxes or coyotes?

Is this a fox or coyote?
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[–] 98 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

It’s a gray fox. Some other examples: .

For comparison, this is a coyote:

The coyotes are also larger, and their coloration is more uniform, with big ears on a tall/lanky body where the foxes are generally shorter and smaller, with the gray fox having a white belly/face (with the buff color on the head and shoulders,) but a gray back.

Here is a size comparison chart:

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