Wild dogs may be solitary or hunt in packs, and some are endangered. Unlike domesticated dogs, most share a basic body plan in that they have a slender but strong body, a long muzzle, a long, bushy tail, large ears, and powerful jaws for their size. There are still at least 40 species of wild dog breeds. Nearly every pet dog is descended from the gray wolf, and humans have managed to domesticate dogs into all manner of sizes and shapes, from the huge Irish wolfhound to the tiny Chihuahua, to the boxy English bulldog with its smashed-in face to the fast and slender Greyhound with its long and elegant muzzle. There are quite a few wild dog breeds still in the world. They typically live in pairs, and fox cubs are cared for by both parents and non-reproductive females.ĭogs, or canids, have been around for tens of millions of years, but breeds of the loyal and loving dog who’s become part of the family have been around for only 15,000 years or so. Red foxes can be found in many areas of the northern hemisphere and are more widely distributed than gray wolves.
When hunting in packs, their behavior resembles hyenas–they disembowel and eat their prey while it’s still alive. The wild dogs of southeast Asia are called dholes, which are omnivores that will eat mammals as large as deer, but also insects, lizards, and even fruit.They typically run in packs which are led by dominant alpha male and female, which always eats first at the site of a kill. Gray wolves, the biggest of the canids, grow up to 5 feet long and inhabit parts of the entire northern hemisphere.
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