Metadata

Conservation Status

Extinct?

Place of Breeding

Mexico

Synonym

Coyote

Description

Formerly? probably a reference to the Culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus).

References

Morris, D. (2008). Dogs: The Ultimate Dictionary of Over 1,000 Dog Breeds. North Pomfret, VT: Trafalgar Square.

Smith, C. H. (1856). The natural history of dogs: Canidae or genus canis of authors: Including also the genera hyaena and proteles. (W. Jardine, Ed.) (Vol. 1). Edinburgh, UK: W.H. Lizars.

Westfall, S. (2011, December 29). The alco and “the carrier dog of the Indians.” The Retriever, Dog, & Wildlife Blog. https://retrieverman.net/2011/12/29/the-alco-and-the-carrier-dog-of-the-indians/