🐕Dhole
Le Dhole (Cuon alpinus) est une espèce de mammifère carnivore de la famille des canidés originaire d'Asie. Bien qu’elle soit parfois appelée « Chien sauvage d’Asie », elle n’est pas apparentée aux chiens et aux loups, qui sont du genre Canis, mais fait partie du genre Cuon, dont elle est la seule représentante actuelle. Dans son aire de répartition originelle, le dhole a terrorisé les populations humaines pendant des siècles. L’imaginaire populaire présente cet animal, malgré sa petite taille, comme une bête féroce attaquant en grand nombre, capable de mettre à mort les plus grands prédateurs comme les léopards ou même les tigres.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 16 kg
- Body length
- 1.06 m
- Shoulder height
- 0.46 m
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 16 years
Everything we know about the Dhole
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass16 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Figures vary
- 16 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length1.06 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Shoulder height0.46 m0.42–0.5 m · typical rangenot statedDetails ↓Hide ↑
'Length of head and body is 88 to 113 cm, length of tail, 41 to 50 cm, height, 42 to 50 cm.' The account says 'height' in a body-measurement series, i.e. height at shoulder. Midpoint of the published range. Verified against the account PDF (OCR of p. 1).
Source: Cohen 1978, Cuon alpinus, Mammalian Species 100:1-3, p. 1, https://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/VHAYSSEN/msi/pdf/i0076-3519-100-01-0001.pdf · see citation
Brain mass98 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Maximum lifespan16 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 16 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length5.59 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation62 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 61 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range34 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.32 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l16 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Dhole yet: top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyCanidae
- ›genusCuon
- ›speciesCuon alpinus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyCanidae
- genusCuon
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyCanidae
- genusCuon
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