Признано 19 подвидов. Однако таксономическая валидность отдельных подвидов сомнительна.
Canis latrans cagottis (C. E. H. Smith, 1839)
Canis latrans clepticus (Elliot, 1903)
Canis latrans dickeyi (Nelson, 1932)
Canis latrans frustror (Woodhouse, 1851)
Canis latrans goldmani (Merriam, 1904)
Canis latrans hondurensis (Goldman, 1936)
Canis latrans impavidus (J. A. Allen, 1903)
Canis latrans incolatus (Hall, 1934)
Canis latrans jamesi (Townsend, 1912)
Canis latrans latrans (Say, 1823)
Canis latrans lestes (Merriam, 1897)
Canis latrans mearnsi (Merriam, 1897)
Canis latrans microdon (Merriam, 1897)
Canis latrans ochropus (Eschscholtz, 1829)
Canis latrans peninsulae (Merriam, 1897)
Canis latrans texensis (Bailey, 1905)
Canis latrans thamnos (Jackson, 1949)
Canis latrans umpquensis (Jackson, 1949)
Canis latrans vigilis (Merriam, 1897)
Литература
1. Bekoff M. "Canis latrans" / MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 79, pp. 1-9. Published 15 June 1977 by the American Society of Mammalogists
2. Gese E. M., Bekoff M. "Coyote (Canis latrans)" in Sillero-Zubiri, C., Hoffmann, M. and Macdonald, D.W. (eds). 2004. Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. pp. 81-87.
3. Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp.
4. Ramírez-Albores J. E., León-Paniagua L. S. "Distribución del coyote (Canis latrans) en el Continente Americano" / Biocenosis • Vol. 29(1-2): 67-73, 2015.
5. Nowak R. M. "North American Quaternary Canis" / Monograph of the Museum Natural History. The University of Kansas. Number 6, pages 1-154, text figures 1-55. September 1, 1979.