Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-13895380-20150825181803/@comment-4091815-20150826114151

As he said, there is coyote in the mix. Teen Wolf used a Wolf for the scene with Liam and Mason. The creature with Malia was mostly CGI and almost all in shadow which explains the subtle differences.

He wasn't what they were going for but didn't fall apart like later experiments.