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A brief description of dhole behavior with one observation anecdote.
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Dhole In the jungles of south and southeast Asia there lives a little known member of the dog family, which has been described as the red dog in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. The red dog the dhole, or the Asiatic...Describes the Cuon alpinus, a species of wild dog from southern Asia, its present range and population status, biology, and conservation efforts by the Dhole Conservation Project. Good photos.
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Dhole Home Page: information on the Asiatic wild dog, its biology, research and conservation Though threatened with extinction, so far it has received very little attention. Unlike the wolf or African hunting dog, few people have even heard of it! see dholes on film (2mb SITE AIMS: STIMULATE INTEREST IN THIS FASCINATING WILD DOG...BBC factfile on dholes, a lot of information and some nice photos.
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BBC Science Nature Wildfacts 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. Life span Dholes can live for 15 to 16 years in captivity. Statistics Head and body length: 88-113cm,...Information on many aspects of dholes and their lives, from the San Diego Zoo.
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Dhole (Cuon alpinus) Dholes live in packs which are an extended family unit of usually 5-12 animals with aggregations of up to 25 animals occasionally noted (Johnsingh 1985; Cohen 1977 Packs are territorial. In a study in Bandipur, southern India, more than three...General information on dholes plus some outstanding photos.
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Lioncrusher's Domain Dhole (Cuon alpinus) facts and pictures The dhole ranges in eastern Asia from India to China, and as far south as Java. They do not occur father than 54 N in Russia Historically, they ranged throughout the Indian peninsula, north into Korea, China and eastern Russia,...