Editing Fox hunting (section)

=== Coyote, grey fox, and other quarry ===
[[File:Jackalhunt.jpg|thumb|left|''Hunting Jackals'' by [[Samuel Howitt]], illustrating a group of [[golden jackal]]s rushing to the defence of a fallen pack-mate]]
Other species than the red fox may be the quarry for hounds in some areas.  The choice of quarry depends on the region and numbers available.<ref name="usmfha1" />
The [[coyote]] (''Canis latrans'') is a significant quarry for many Hunts in North America, particularly in the west and southwest, where there are large open spaces.<ref name="usmfha1"/> The coyote is an indigenous predator that did not range east of the Mississippi River until the latter half of the twentieth century.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Status and management of coyote depredations in the Eastern United States|journal=US Department of Agriculture|last=Houben|first=JM|url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=icwdmsheepgoat|year=2004|access-date=13 October 2007}}</ref> The coyote is faster than a fox, running at {{convert|65|km/h|mph||abbr=on}} and also wider ranging, with a [[territory (animal)|territory]] of up to {{convert|283|km2|sqmi}},<ref>{{cite web|publisher=University of Michigan – Animal Diversity Web|title=Canis latrans (coyote)|last=Tokar|first=Eric|access-date=13 October 2007|url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Canis_latrans.html}}</ref> so a much larger hunt territory is required to chase it. However, coyotes tend to be less challenging intellectually, as they offer a straight line hunt instead of the convoluted fox line.  Coyotes can be challenging opponents for the dogs in physical confrontations, despite the size advantage of a large dog.  Coyotes have larger canine teeth and are generally more practised in hostile encounters.<ref>{{cite book|author= Coppinger, Ray|title=Dogs: a Startling New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior and Evolution|url= https://archive.org/details/dogsstartlingnew00raym|url-access= registration| year=2001|page=[https://archive.org/details/dogsstartlingnew00raym/page/352 352]|publisher= Scribner|location= New York|isbn=978-0-684-85530-1}}</ref>

The [[gray fox|grey fox]] (''Urocyon cinereoargenteus''), a distant relative of the European red fox, is also hunted in North America.<ref name="usmfha1" /> It is an adept climber of trees, making it harder to hunt with hounds.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=University of Michigan – Animal Diversity Web|last=Jansa|first=Sharon|title=Urocyon cirereoargentus (gray fox)|access-date=13 October 2007|url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Urocyon_cinereoargenteus.html}}</ref> The scent of the gray fox is not as strong as that of the red, therefore more time is needed for the hounds to take the scent. Unlike the red fox which, during the chase, will run far ahead from the pack, the gray fox will speed toward heavy brush, thus making it more difficult to pursue. Also unlike the red fox, which occurs more prominently in the northern United States, the more southern gray fox is rarely hunted on horseback, due to its densely covered habitat preferences.

Hunts in the southern United States sometimes pursue the [[bobcat]] (''Lynx rufus'').<ref name="usmfha1" /> In countries such as [[India]], and in other areas formerly under British influence, such as [[Iraq]], the [[golden jackal]] (''Canis aureus'') is often the quarry.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Horse and Hound|title=Hurworth hound bound for India|work=Horse & Hound |url=http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/competitionnews/392/49235.html|date=24 May 2004|access-date=13 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071104234723/http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/competitionnews/392/49235.html|archive-date=4 November 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Unusual features of RAF Habbaniya (Iraq)|url=http://www.habbaniya.org/Features.html|publisher=RAF Habbaniya Association|access-date=13 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070902002738/http://habbaniya.org/Features.html|archive-date=2 September 2007}}</ref> During the [[British Raj]], British sportsmen in India would hunt jackals on horseback with hounds as a substitute for the fox hunting of their native England. Unlike foxes, golden jackals were documented to be ferociously protective of their pack mates, and could seriously injure hounds.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofr00blai/page/n5/mode/2up ''An Encyclopaedia of Rural Sports: Or a Complete Account, Historical, Practical, and Descriptive, of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing, and Other Field Sports and Athletic Amusements of the Present Day, Delabere Pritchett Blaine''] by Delabere Pritchett Blaine, published by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1840</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/dogsjackalswolve00mivauoft/page/n5/mode/2up ''A monograph of the canidae''] by St. George Mivart, F.R.S, published by Alere Flammam. 1890</ref> Jackals were not hunted often in this manner, as they were slower than foxes and could scarcely outrun greyhounds after 200 yards.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/ridingdrivingkin00dale The Sports Library, ''Riding, Driving and Kindred Sports''] by [[T. F. Dale]], published by T.F. Unwin, 1899</ref>