The natural history and ecology of melanism in red wolf and coyote populations of the southeastern United States – evidence for Gloger’s rule

Table 4 Summary of coyote collar deployments, geographical clusters, color, space use status, monitoring dates, and extent of space used (95 and 50% contour intervals representing home ranges and core areas, respectively for residents and transient ranges and biding areas, respectively for transients) in the southeastern United States. The “M” of “F” in coyote ID indicates sex

Cluster	Coyote ID	Color	Status	Duration monitored (days)	95% (km²)	50% (km²)
Alabama	AL08F	Gray	Resident	498	8.5	1.5
	AL14M	Gray	Resident	389	26.1	5.2
	AL17F	Gray	Resident	281	10.2	2.3
	AL19F	Gray	Resident	323	14.2	2.4
	AL23M	Melanistic	Resident	198	36.1	6.6
Georgia I	GA03F	Gray	Resident	231	12.0	3.0
	GA08F	Gray	Resident	538	12.6	7.6
	GA19F	Melanistic	Resident	497	17.3	10.2
	GA22M	Gray	Resident	280	10.6	4.9
	GA25M	Melanistic	Resident	358	17.7	2.2
Georgia II	GA28F	Gray	Transient	121	40.6	5.3
	GA37F	Gray	Transient	285	170.9	20.8
	GA38M	Gray	Transient	132	231.5	43.4
	GA40M	Melanistic	Transient	225	132.0	13.9
	GA42M	Gray	Transient	135	50.1	11.0
South Carolina I	SC27M	Gray	Resident	482	13.0	2.2
	SC33F	Gray	Resident	441	8.3	1.2
	SC34M	Melanistic	Resident	338	15.2	3.4
	SC41F	Gray	Resident	469	16.8	3.3
	SC45M	Gray	Resident	368	12.9	3.0
South Carolina II	SC29F	Gray	Transient	321	204.5	17.3
	SC30M	Melanistic	Transient	438	207.3	18.0
	SC32M	Melanistic	Transient	295	121.8	10.7
	SC36F	Gray	Transient	355	72.9	8.8
	SC37M	Gray	Transient	225	517.7	78.1
North Carolina	20443F	Gray	Resident	419	25.5	2.6
	20503F	Gray	Resident	368	47.3	7.2
	20,566 M	Gray	Resident	463	25.9	3.3
	40,458 M	Melanistic	Resident	146	46.8	4.4
	40,586 M	Melanistic	Resident	140	29.7	4.3

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