a small wolf, Canis latrans, usually associated with the prairies but found across Canada, mainly in the region south of the range of the larger timber wolf.
1836  The prairie wolf, the kit-fox and various marmots are peculiar to the plains.
1963  Mishagunis--that's what the Crees call him, the grey jackal of the plains which we call in English the prairie wolf, but more often in corruption of its Aztec name, coyote--locally pronounced kī-yiut' or koy-yo'té.