#dhole

[ruddykite]

[itoyoki]

[inatcanids]

Dhole (Cuon alpinus)

Observed by simonedurigon, CC BY-NC

[mammalianmammals]

Can we perhaps have either dhole or red fox facts? No pressure of course! :3

DHOLES OF COURSE... one of my favorite wild dogs!

Asiatic Wild Dog aka Dhole (Cuon alpinus), family Canidae, found in much of South and SE Asia, and parts of East Asia

ENDANGERED.

Also called Whistling Dog and Red Dog.

This dog once ranged across other parts of Asia and into Europe, but withdrew into its current range between 12,000 - 18,000 ya.

Diurnal pack hunter, preferring to feed on large prey.

Dholes live in clans of 12 - 40.

Clans are highly cooperative, with multiple mating individuals, and not as hierarchical as wolf packs.

Endangered due to habitat loss/fragmentation, eradication by farmers, and diseases from domestic dogs.

This species may have emerged from a hybridization event between the African Wild Dog and an unknown member of the genus Canis.

There are 6 subspecies of Dhole.

photograph by @yashasnarayan

Southern India - photograph by @anirudh__vidyabhushan

China - photograph by Eric Gevaert 

Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, India

photograph by Shoumo Bhattacharya

photograph by Kuntalee Rangnoi

Chinese Dholes - photograph via: Dublin Zoo

[vateo]

the dhole dog man himself - little updated ref for my Soren

[warcrimesimulator]

White dhole (Cuon alpinus) sighted in the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary of Karnataka, India. January 2023

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Southern Dhole | Siva A N

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Icon commission for garrettedhole on bluesky 🌤️☁️