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| Dhole Temporal range: 0.781 mya Pleistocene – Recent | |
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| Genus: | Cuon |
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| Cuon alpinus | |
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The dhole (Cuon alpinus) is a canid from Asia. Canid means that it is related to dogs and foxes. It is native to Central, South and Southeast Asia. There are many common names for it: Asiatic wild dog, Indian wild dog, whistling dog, red dog, and mountain wolf.
It is most closely related to species in the genus Canis (dogs and wolves),
During the Pleistocene time period, the dhole lived in Asia, Europe and North America, but 12,000–18,000 years ago it died out everywhere except where it lives now.
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