#canids

[inamindfarfaraway]

Shoutout to the maned wolf, which is technically neither wolf nor fox but has its own genus called Chrysocyon! Why -

why are your legs so long?

I mean, intellectually, I understand that it’s because you live in grasslands and have evolved to be able to see over the grass, but emotionally… why? Are they?? Like that??? Surely there was a way to make your body more cohesive and proportional-looking?

[ba1laur]

big sister

[nemfrog]

Alaskan Timber Wolf. Alaska [pictorial map]. 1949. Detail.

Rumsey

[warcrimesimulator]

Cape black-backed jackals (Lupulella mesomelas mesomelas) Okavango Delta, Botswana

Photos by Scott Ableman

[amnhnyc]

For today’s Exhibit of the Day, let’s check out the Hunting Dog Diorama! This scene, which takes place on the Serengeti Plain in northern Tanzania, depicts a group of these predatory dogs with their gaze fixed on a distant zebra. African hunting dogs (Lycaon pictus) are some of the continent’s most formidable predators: Thanks to their teamwork, these carnivores have a hunting success rate of more than 70 percent—far higher than that of lions or leopards.

As with all of the Museum’s habitat dioramas, this scene is a re-creation based on the meticulous observations of scientists in the field in the early twentieth century and the onsite sketches and photographs of the artists who accompanied them. You can see this diorama in the Museum’s Hall of African Mammals! Plan your visit.

Photo: © AMNH

[aneu-rism]

bad dog v3

[ex0skeletal-undead]

Stickers by AmandaTulacz on Etsy

This artist on Instagram

[webcanids]

Alert! Hundreds of foxes are converging on your location! Brace for impact!

[feather-bone]

Jack Russell terrier!

[ID: an illustration of a white dog with brown patches, leaping with a tennis ball in its mouth. It’s on a teal background with yellow flowers. End.]

[fightingwithallreality]

Shamrock Queen or Always Reddy (1947) written by Marguerite Henry, illustrated by Wesley Dennis

[sasharjones]

Blue Wolves // 4" x 6" oil on panel.

[ba1laur]

graxorra/dogxim (pampas fox x domestic dog)

[jadeseadragon]

Aaron Brent Harker, Scent and Sensibility

[coyoteworks]

MARTch, day 6— animal! Naturally I had to pick coyotes. Despite my love for coyotes and caniforms in general I have a very hard time drawing them... Their bones are so strange, but that may just be because I'm more familiar with ungulate anatomy. Still, very happy with this!!

[luminarystimboards]

Some wolves being wolves. Free to use, just please credit me.

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