Coyote sits at rank ten among Missouri’s recorded mammals, a modest showing for an animal wildlife agencies consider widespread statewide, which says more about how hard coyotes are to document than how many exist. Mingo National Wildlife Refuge, Big Oak Tree State Park, and Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge, all open wetland bordered by woods and fields, appear repeatedly, probably because tracks and scat along those exposed edges are easier to confirm than a glimpse of the animal itself.
One month dominates the record set: October, with more than double the count of any other month. Coyotes disperse from family groups in fall and turn up more in open country then, but a jump that sharp likely reflects a burst of survey effort more than a true seasonal surge.
All 453 records come from GBIF rather than iNaturalist.
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