Is there such thing as a black bobcat?

Answer 1

Coyotes come in a range of colours, such as grey, brown and red. True black coyotes (not just dark-coloured) do exist, but they are considered to be almost as rare as albinos.

In addition to the above answer, the rare black coyotes DO exist but only from the Eastern to the Atlantic regions of Canada and the north-eastern regions of the United States. The reason for that is because black-phase is actually a rare gene that was first past on to the Grey wolves (who are of Eurasian origin) from the domestic dogs and the Eastern Coyotes are in fact hybrids between the Grey wolves and coyotes. However, the black-phase does not exist in the western pure coyotes because while they share a common ancestry with the Grey wolves, the coyotes evolved separately from the latter by a continent apart and thus never interacted with any domestic dogs prior to the arrival of humans. To further understand why the black-phase does not naturally occur in the western coyotes even up to today, below is a summary of how it got past on to the Eastern Coyotes and it involves hybridization with the Grey wolves who carried the gene.

Back when Eurasia and North America were still connected in the north west, Eurasian Grey wolves of which some had a history of interbreeding with dogs migrated back to North America where they began occupying former coyote territories who they viewed the latter as a rival species and competitor. But then ~600 years ago in the east, the Grey wolf population began to diminish allegedly as a result of human impacts and the remnants eventually resorted to interbreeding with a population of pre-Columbian eastern coyotes, giving rise to the very first Coywolves of which the Eastern wolves (Canis lupus lycaon) of Algonquin Park in Ontario are descendants of these Coywolves. Such interbreeding also resulted with the black-phase that was originally past on to the Grey wolves from the dogs to the Coywolves. Then later on, the western coyotes arrived in the east and some of the eastern Coywolves back-crossed with them giving rise to the Eastern coyotes who as a result of this history of interbreeding also inherited the black-phase. Therefore, you will only ever see a black-phase coyote in the east. Overall, black coyotes are in fact Coywolves and not pure coyotes.

It should be noted though that while the Grey wolves and coyotes in the west have yet to interbreed (since their populations did not experience the same fate as the ones in the east), black coyotes who have been seen in some parts of British Columbia are possibly do to interbreeding between coyotes and feral dogs. Any black coyote you see in the west is likely a Coydog just as the ones in the east are Coywolves.

Answer 2

Yes, as a matter of fact there is... Interesting huh?

Answer 3

yes,hey can range from ,brown,black,orangeish,grey.

Answer 4

yes they do