If anyone else is getting an error from that link, here's the photo from another source:
Of course, it is important to note how the shot is framed with the coyote held closer to the camera than the dude holding it. The text of the story says the coyote was "about 50 pounds", which makes me think it weighed in under 50 if it was weighed at all. That's still big for a coyote but not coyotezilla.
Also, coyote-wolf hybrids would not likely create a new species unless they were in a genetically isolated area, and, since coyotes are pretty ubiquitous, the allele frequency in any given area's population is not likely to change significantly enough to warrant the classification of a new species.
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