Dhole

Dhole The Dhole (Cuon alpinus, also called the red dog of Asia) is a wild dog that inhabits , , and, more rarely, of India, China, Tibet, Malaysia, and much of southern Asia.

Dhole The dhole is an efficient hunter. Like many other wild dogs it hunts in packs and is capable of killing an animal the size of a buffalo by steadily wearing its victim down. Habits ...

Dhole, red dog - CUON ALPINUS Endangered Class: Animals with Milk Glands (Mammalia) Subclass: True Mammals (Eutheria) Order: Meat-eating Mammals (Carnivora) Family: Canidae.

Dhole (Cuon alpinus) Range and Habitat The dhole ranges in eastern Asia from India to China, and as far south as Java.

Dhole (C. alpinus) Lycalopex Culpeo (L. culpaeus) Â- Darwin's Fox (L. fulvipes) Â- South American Gray Fox (L. griseus) Â- Pampas Fox (L. gymnocercus) Â- Sechuran Fox (L. sechurae) Â- Hoary Fox (L. vetulus) ...

Dhole, red dog, Asiatic wild dog, Indian wild dog Although dholes are not fast runners, they have good stamina, and will pursue prey for hours until they finally succumb to exhaustion. Diana monkey ...

Alpha pair: Normally, only the alpha pair of the pack breeds, which is a kind of organization not uncommon to other pack-hunting canids including the Dhole and the African Hunting dog.

In the wild, Nilgiri tahr are preyed upon by leopard (Panthera pardus) and dhole (Cuon alpinus), while a large number are also taken by humans (Rice, 1988; Rice,. 1990). Prater (1971) alone adds the tiger (Panthera tigris) to this list.

Bengal tigers have also been known to take other predators such as leopards, wolves, jackals, foxes, crocodiles and dholes (a species of wild dog) as prey, although these predators are not typically a part of the Bengal tigers diet.

The skulls of Canis (wolves, coyote, jackals), Cuon (dhole), and Lycaon (African wild dog) exhibit a large frontal sinus that invades the post-orbital process of the frontal bone.

See also: Leopard, Tiger, Wolf, Jackal, Coyote