Coyotes

Coyotes have been mentioned in at least a couple of my novels. They are not coyotes as we know them in North America; there is no way that species could have found its way to Exura. But they are similar, being essentially small wolves.

These are a different species from the jackals I have also mentioned. That is one reason I used the coyote name, to emphasize their basic difference. The two species live on different continents and their ranges do not overlap. The jackals of Exura are related to those of our world and it is likely their ancestors passed through the Ural Gate.

What I have named coyotes, however, would be descended from larger wolves that, most likely, came through the same gate. Some of these would have passed eastward into Muradon and evolved further there. Or they could, admittedly, have come to Exura from some other world than ours. As the coyotes of our world, they are adaptable and survive in lands where the larger wolves have been eradicated or become scarce. They are found across the continent of Muradon, from Sharsh in the west to the realm of the Ani but have never spread into Neradon beyond.

Though only jackals lived in their region, the Tesrans of the time of the Wizardry novels knew of coyotes because the skins sometimes came to them as trade goods. They would have had somewhat thicker hair than a jackal, making them more desirable as a fur. I have also mentioned coyote hides being worn in the Donzalo’s Destiny novels.