The coyote that stunned Bay Area wildlife watchers by showing up on Alcatraz Island this winter did not swim there from San Francisco after all, the National Park Service said Monday.
DNA evidence indicates the animal likely came from Angel Island State Park, park officials said, upending an early assumption that the coyote had made the shorter crossing from San Francisco.
The coyote, a male, was first documented on Alcatraz after a Jan. 24 visitor sighting and photograph, according to the Park Service. The animal drew international attention because coyotes had not been documented on the island since Alcatraz was transferred to the National Park Service in 1972…