• schnokobaer@feddit.de
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    8 months ago

    I was going to say there are no coyotes in Europe but my quick research revealed the somewhat similar golden jackal is at least native to southern Europe. So it is possible, but I’m leaning towards it being an adolescent.

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      8 months ago

      Jackal territory reaches to the south of Romania and Hungary which are still about 1450 km (900 miles) from Estonia. So unless some lonely canine went on a looong honeymoon I’d say that’s rather unlikely.

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      8 months ago

      There’s 1,000+ miles and the Carpathian Mountains between Estonia and the range of the golden jackal, though