Sunday, July 28, 2013

Dhole

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidea
Subfamily: Caninaea
Genus: Cuon
Species: C. alpinus

the dhole inhabit the dense forests and jungles in Asia, the dholes have relatively short, heavy and massive skulls their lumps are long and fine as they have a great abilities in jumping able to jump 3.0–3.5 m (10–12 ft) high also running, theirWeights range from 10 to 25 kg (22 to 55 lb).

Like African wild dogs their ears are rounded rather than pointed, they have reddish Brown color they live in family packs of 5 - 12 indiviuals as they are active during the day. there diet consist of deers, wild boar, sheep's and fruits also.

The dholes still manages to relax and hang out with family and friends on a regular basis than the wolves. After 60 - 65 days a litter of 6 - 4 pups are born, one of the predators of dholes are the domestic dogs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhole 

 

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