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Pleistocene coyote
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
A cast of a Canis latrans orcutti skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Subspecies: C. l. orcutti
Trinomial name
Canis latrans orcutti

The Pleistocene coyote (Canis latrans orcutti), also known as the Ice Age coyote, is an extinct subspecies of coyote that lived in North America during the Late Pleistocene. Remains of the species has been found in southern California, though one was also discovered in Idaho. The species coexisted with a wide range of ice age fauna, including other canids such as foxes, gray wolves, and dire wolves.