What kind of dog is a dhole dog?
The dhole (Cuon alpines) is a canid endemic to Southeast Asia, and South, Central, East Asia. It bears other English names, which include the Asiatic wild dog, Asian wild dog, whistling dog, Indian wild dog, mountain wolf, and red dog.
What kind of society does the dhole live in?
The dhole is a highly social animal, living in large clans without rigid dominance hierarchies and containing multiple breeding females.
How is the dhole related to the Canis genus?
Some authors consider the extinct Canis subgenus named Xenocyon as ancestral to both the genus Lycaon and the genus Cuon. Subsequent studies on the canid genome revealed that the dhole and African wild dog are closely related to members of the genus Canis.
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