#wild dogs

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[samarajethwa]

African Painted Dogs AKA African Wild Dogs/Cape Hunting Dogs are my new special interest animal and they can be yours, too!

[pazzesco]

African Wild Dogs by Leon Molenaar

Currently listed as endangered by the IUCN, with only 6,600 remaining in the wild, African Wild Dogs are one of the continent’s most captivating carnivores and one of its most endangered species.

If you symbolically adopt one by making a donation to the WWF you get a 12" wild dog plushie or a wild puppy plushie. I'm not providing a link, I just thought they were cute.

I made the mistake of checking out the plushies when my wife was sitting next to me, so now not only are the grandkids getting a plushie, so is our dog...

[rebeccathenaturalist]

I finally got video of the coyotes that live nearby singing! We are a wildlife friendly farm, and the coyotes tend to leave the farm animals alone, instead going after wild prey.

[animalsandanimals]

The Dhole, or Asiatic Wild Dog, is a species of canids native to a few Asian nations and is closely related to the dog family. Highly endangered.

[antiqueanimals]

Before Adam. Written by Jack London. Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull. 1907.

[earthanthem]

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[blogforfauna]

Canis dingo, or maybe Canis lupus dingo, or maybe Canis familiaris dingo

Some researchers think dingoes are an ancient breed of domesticated dogs brought to Australia around 4,000 years ago by Asian seafarers. Others think they are a distinct species closely related to grey wolves and domestic dogs, similar to coyotes and jackals.

Either way, dingoes are very closely related to wolves and domestic dogs and are able to interbreed with them. Most dingoes in Australia now are mixed with many different dog breeds. One of these dingo-dog hybrids is the Australian cattle dog, which is a pretty popular dog breed used for herding cattle.

Dingoes are found in every state of Australia except for Tasmania. The dingo’s relative, the New Guinea singing dog, is also found in the mountains of New Guinea. Named for their unique yodeling howls, singing dogs are one of the most endangered canines in the world. They were believed to be extinct in the wild until a small population was found two years ago.

Those that live in the high Alpine habitats of southeast Australia are known as Alpine dingoes. They are often lighter in color and grow thicker coats than those that live in desert or forest habitats. Desert dingoes that live in northern Australia are the typical bright orange color. They are larger than other dingoes, generally weighing around 40 pounds (18 kg) with some reaching over 50 pounds (22.7 kg). There are dingoes that live in forests and have dark tan or black fur, but they are most likely not purebred.

Fraser Island off the east coast of Australia is home to around 200 dingoes. With no pet dogs on the Island, they are purebred. Fraser Island and Alpine dingoes are possibly the last populations that are not mixed with domestic dogs.

Often living in packs of up to 12 individuals, dingoes are very social. The dominant male and female of these packs are the parents of all the others. They rarely bark to communicate with each other, instead using a variety of howls.

In areas with small prey like hares, rodents, and reptiles, dingoes generally hunt alone. They still might live in packs, but they only rest and play with each other. In areas with larger prey like kangaroos and sheep, they hunt as a pack. Their tendency to hunt sheep causes farmers to target them, so the dingo population is classified by some as vulnerable but by others as endangered due to poisoning, trapping, and shooting.

Dingoes hunt by ganging up on larger prey with multiple pack members or by scaring small prey out of thickets and then pouncing. They are very flexible so they can follow prey into tight spaces. Like a cat, if a dingo’s head can fit through something, its whole body can.

Wandi ^

I would also like to mention Wandi, who is a very good dingo. He was dropped by an eagle into a backyard when he was 5 weeks old. It was discovered soon after that he was a rare alpine dingo, so he went to live at the Dingo Discovery Sanctuary and Research Centre. He’s helping protect the species and he even has his own Instagram account.

I rate the dingo 17/10. A very Australian animal

Photo credits:

(1) Jamie Lamb (2) Michelle J Photography (3) Michael Hains (4) Christopher Hopkins (5) tanyahattingh

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📷 Samuel Cox Photography

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

𝔚𝔦𝔩𝔡 𝔇𝔬𝔤𝔰 - 𝔓𝔰𝔶𝔠𝔥𝔬𝔯𝔞𝔡𝔦𝔬

[thecreatureawaits]

The Creature Awaits #159:

Each week I plan to feature an amazing creature, admiring God's fantastic artistry.  Hopefully it’ll brighten someone’s day to see something new and interesting if they haven’t seen it before. : )

Welcome to "Antique Gold Animals" month, where we'll be featuring animals of said beautiful hue.

(Lovely photograph taken by Theo Stikkelman (CC BY 2.0))

The Golden Jackal

Scientific Name: Canis aureus

Region: Northwestern Europe through Southern Asia (Thanks for the correction, @skekteksfurby​! : ) )

Size:  About 16" (~40cm) tall at the shoulder and 37"-43"(~95cm-110cm) long, including the tail

Interesting Notes:  This beautiful canid is actually more closely related to wolves and coyotes than true jackals.  They have an unusual family structure centered around one monogamous adult pair with 1-2 adult "helpers" who do not breed, but stay with the pair for a year to help raise their new litter before moving on.

[purgatorypoetry]

hard touch; soft edges

probably could have slept the whole winter away

eighty-five in a seventy-flat, the highway extends front and back to a vanishing point

the ends of my rainbows all divisible by zero -

every single horizon on notice, green limbs green-lighted and the edges of everything I've ever owned filed down into a blade

there's mile upon blurry mile of barbed wire fence keeping all your wild beasts out

only hemming just as many angry animals in

[noose-lion]

If yall had to name an African wild/painted dog, what would you name it?

[ariesalpinesavi]

Back in high school I wrote a short story about Crash as an assignment, and honestly he’s one of my only characters with any backstory because of it lol Anyway he’s Crash with meeting, befriending and hunting with some wild dogs

[animalsandanimals]

African wild dogs

Source: African Safaris on Pinterest

[thegreenwolf]

I am really happy with today's coyote for the Zooly Art Challenge, especially the fur; I think it may be my favorite of all my Zooly pieces so far! A little "oops" by the muzzle, but that's okay. Ink pen and Copic markers.