Coyote/coywolf/red wolf?? In KY

[Sjenkins]

I have video but couldn’t post it. The coloration of them is throwing me off

 

[weekender7]

Coyotes come in many different color phases from almost blond, red heads to jet black and everywhere in between.

 

[TxxAgg]

They don't look very big. Coyotes for sure

 

[TxxAgg]

I saw this guy over Easter break. He wasn't as big a northern wolf, but you instantly knew he wasn't a coyote even though they have a similar coat pattern.

American Red Wolf - Fossil Rim Wildlife Center

The American red wolf is a critically endangered North American canid species. Fossil Rim is working to help conserve them.

fossilrim.org

 

[Deleted member 52995]

Coyotes come in many different color phases from almost blond, red heads to jet black and everywhere in between.

Coyotes come in many different color phases from almost blond, red heads to jet black and everywhere in between.

Your second photo is that of a gray or red fox, black color phase. Saturday evening I had the pleasure of seeing an albino or leucistic red fox standing about 15 yards from my vehicle in north central Idaho. Though the kit fox is found in southern Idaho, the red fox is the only other species of fox present in the state. This is the first time that I had ever sighted either the genetic disorder of albinism or the leucistic coloration in a fox outside of a zoo....It's something I don't think I'll ever see again...

 

[weekender7]

2nd pic is not a fox, indeed a black colored coyote. They are not behind every bush but not uncommon in the southeast, especially in SC where this pic was taken.