Coy wolf is the most accurate term for this animal and that they warrant new species status, Canis oriens, which literally means eastern Cayoti in Latin. We based this on the fact that they are physically and genetically distinct from their parental species of mainly western coyotes (Canis latrans) and eastern wolves (Canis lycaon). They also have smaller amounts of gray wolf (Canis lupus) and domestic dog (Canis familiaris) genes.