Keywords: Natural History of New York (1842) Canis lycaon.png Illustration of an eastern wolf The text erroneously describes it as Canis lupus occidentalis a subspecies of grey wolf despite the fact that C l occidentalis never ranged as far east as New York which included the historical range of C lycaon The depicted animal's light coyote-like build further confirms its true identity It can't be a coyote as the illustration is from 1842 while coyotes only colonised New York during the 1920s Natural history of New York 1842 James E De Kay PD-old Canis lupus lycaon |