Abstract
Stomach contents from 168 coyotes (Canis latrans) collected in Arkansas from July 1969 through January 1974 were analyzed. The 11 most common food items and percent occurrence, shown in parentheses, were: poultry (34), persimmons (23), insects (11), rodents (9), songbirds (8), cattle (7), rabbits (7), deer (5), woodchucks (4), goats (4), and watermelons (4). J. WILDL. MANAGE. 38(4):848-853 Coyote food habits have been extensively studied over their original western range. These studies considered annual food habits over broad geographical areas encompassing one or more states (Sperry 1941, Ferrel et al. 1953, Fichter et al. 1955, Korschgen 1957, Gier 1968) and regional ones relating to smaller areas such as National Parks and portions of states (Murie 1935 and 1940, Murie 1951, Bond 1939, Ellis 1959, Knowlton 1964, Hawthorne 1972). Other studies concerned specific seasons (Ozoga and Harger 1966) or pegleg coyotes (Sperry 1939). Only three food habit studies have been made in areas recently invaded by coyotes (Fooks 1961, Ozoga and Harger 1966, Wilson 1967) and they include only small numbers of specimens or material from a single
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