The dhole (/ doʊl / dohl; [2][3] Cuon alpinus) is a canid native to South, East and Southeast Asia. It is anatomically distinguished from members of the genus Canis in several aspects: its skull is convex rather than concave in profile, it lacks a third lower molar and the upper molars possess only a single cusp as opposed to between two and four.

2024年5月27日 · What is a dhole? A dhole is a wild dog that ranges throughout much of Asia. As a member of the family Canidae, the dhole is related to several species of wild canids such as jackals, foxes, and wolves. Like those animals, the dhole is a social animal that travels in packs of five to twelve members, but these packs may form hunting groups of 30 ...

2020年3月20日 · The dhole is a medium-sized member of the dog family, Canidae. It is found in a variety of habitats (including mountains, forests and grasslands) throughout much of Central, South and Southeast Asia. A highly social animal, the dhole lives in multi-family groups known as ‘clans’, which consist of between 5 and 40 individuals.

The dhole (pronounced "dole") is also known as the Asiatic wild dog, red dog, and whistling dog. It is about the size of a German shepherd but looks more like a long-legged fox. This highly elusive and skilled jumper is classified with wolves, coyotes, jackals, and foxes in …

What is a dhole? Dholes, wild dogs native to Asia, are lean and lithe canines about the size of a German shepherd. These predators have auburn fur, a black tail, amber eyes, and upright, rounded...

2025年1月3日 · Dhole, (Cuon alpinus), wild Asian carnivore of the dog family (Canidae), found in central and southeastern wooded areas and distinguished structurally by the lack of one pair of lower molars. Its length ranges between 76 and 100 cm (30 and 40 inches), exclusive of the 28–48-centimetre (11–19-inch)

The dhole is an animal native to Central Asia, and South and Southeast Asia. Its range spreads from the Altai Mountains in Manchuria southwards through the forested areas of Burma, India, and the Malayan Archipelago.

Dholes (Cuon alpinus) are a kind of wild dog immortalized by Rudyard Kipling in "The Jungle Book". Also known a the red dogs of Asia, they are about the size of a coyote and look like a cross between or a fox and a dog or a coyote and a dingo. Kipling's characterized dholes as savage killers with "no manners” — a view shared by many Indians.

2025年1月22日 · The Asiatic wild dog (Cuon alpinus), or dhole, is a conservation underdog. As a retiring species with an elusive nature, dholes are rarely observed and have received little research attention across most of their distribution.

Dhole ecology, biology and conservation.