Search in excerpt. Dhole Fact File. Appearance The dhole is most commonly red with a pale underside and white feet. Diet Dholes are carnivorous. Range The dhole is found throughout Asia. Habitat They live in dense forests, thick scrub, open grasslands, rainforests, alpine zones and steppe regions.
Reproduction The dhole breeds between November and December. Behavior Dholes are pack animals. Quick facts There are 10 subspecies of the dhole. We're Social. Follow Us. Featured Animal. Copyright The Animal Facts Share via. Copy Link. Powered by Social Snap. Births take place in a den. Dens may be shared with other breeding females. Pack members help to take care of mothers and their litters, bringing them food in the form of regurgitated meat and guarding the dens. The pups begin to explore the area outside the den at 10 weeks of age and start hunting with the pack when they are months old.
Pups play and fight with each other. They are weaned by the time they are 2 months old and they reach reproductive maturity at 1 year old. The main threat to the Dhole is habitat loss and its degradation.
Deforestation has taken place throughout its habitat range as a result of logging, gathering of wood for fuel, expansion of agriculture, and the spread of human settlements. Another important threat is a disease, particularly in India, from domestic and feral dogs. The dhole has also been hunted and persecuted by humans. People have destroyed their den sites and also poisoned, trapped, and shot them for food, for fur, for being a threat to livestock, and because some hunters view them as a competitor.
According to the IUCN Red List, the total population size of the dhole is approximately 4,, individuals, of which only , are mature individuals.
Currently, this species is classified as Endangered EN and its numbers today are decreasing. Dholes are hyper-carnivores and so are a keystone species in Asian ecosystems. They are hunters and eat larger numbers of prey than any other of the large carnivores in Asia.
Consequently, the animals likely have a bigger impact on prey numbers and trophic cascades than any other large carnivore in Asia. Cuon alpinus. Population size. Life Span. Photos with Dhole. Geography Continents. They live in packs and are highly sociable, resembling African Wild Dogs in social structure with less of a dominance hierarchy than Grey Wolves. However, the packs regularly split off into small clans of individuals for hunting, which is optimal for catching fawns during the spring season.
They raise their young in complex cavernous dens which can become interconnected with other dens in the area. The largest and most complicated of these dens are developed over many generations of dholes and are shared by clan females when raising young together.
Litters usually consist of pups after a gestation period of around 60 days, and when females raise young together one or more adults will always remain at the den while the rest of the pack hunts until the pups are old enough to join in.
This version of the page will remain live for reference purposes as we work to update the content across our website. The wild dog of Asia was once found throughout much of the continent, but this species is now endangered and has a much restricted range. Dholes are very social, living in packs of around 10 animals. When hunting as a pack dholes can subdue prey 10 times their body weight. Archive Content Please note: This page has been archived and its content may no longer be up-to-date.
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