Editing Coyote (section)

==In popular culture==
*[[Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner|Wile E. Coyote]] features prominently in the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' series of animated short films, in which he makes numerous ill-fated attempts to capture an elusive [[roadrunner]].
*Dag and his coyote pack are the main antagonists in Nickelodeon's 2006 animated film ''[[Barnyard (film)|Barnyard]]''. 
*The [[National Hockey League|NHL]] team in [[Arizona]] (1996–2024) was named the [[Arizona Coyotes]] to pay tribute to the large population of coyotes in the region.
*The famous ''oo-wee-oo-wee-oo wah-wah-wah'' scream in ''[[The Good, The Bad and The Ugly]]'' (1966) was inspired by the howl of the coyote.<ref name="Times">{{cite news |last=Edwards |first=Mark |title=The good, the brave and the brilliant |newspaper=The Times |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1580081.ece |access-date=26 May 2007 |location=London |date=1 April 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110517035908/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1580081.ece | archive-date = 17 May 2011 | url-status = dead}}</ref>
*Copper, a coyote, was one of three mascots for the [[2002 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salt Lake City 2002: The Mascot |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/salt-lake-city-2002/mascot}}</ref>
*An animated coyote voiced by [[Johnny Cash]] plays a pivotal role as a spirit guide to Homer Simpson in the ''[[The Simpsons|Simpsons]]'' episode "[[El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)|El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Classic Country Music, 2020: 23 Years Later, Johnny Cash's "Simpsons" Cameo Is Still Being Aired |date=August 21, 2018 |url=https://classiccountrymusic.com/21-years-later-johnny-cashs-simpsons-cameo-remains-a-classic/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Johnnycash.com: The Simpsons |url=https://www.johnnycash.com/film/the-simpsons/}}</ref>
*The 2013 documentary film ''[[Bad Coyote]]'' profiles the expansion of coyotes into [[Atlantic Canada]], centred in part on the 2009 death of singer-songwriter [[Taylor Mitchell]] in a coyote attack.<ref>[https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/lifestyles/local-filmmaker-has-new-doc-on-coyotes-70885/ "Local filmmaker has new doc on coyotes"]. ''[[SaltWire Network]]'', October 23, 2013.</ref>
*Athletic teams at the [[University of South Dakota]] are called the [[South_Dakota_Coyotes|Coyotes]].
*''[[The Daily Coyote]]'', a 2008 autobiographical book about a woman who raises a coyote pup.