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The dhole (

cusp as opposed to between two and four.[6] During the Pleistocene, the dhole ranged throughout Asia, with its range also extending into Europe (with a single record also reported from North America) but became restricted to its historical range 12,000–18,000 years ago.[7]

The dhole is a highly social animal, living in large clans without rigid

dominance hierarchies[8] and containing multiple breeding females.[9] Such clans usually consist of about 12 individuals, but groups of over 40 are known.[10] It is a diurnal pack hunter which preferentially targets large and medium-sized ungulates.[11] In tropical forests, the dhole competes with the tiger (Panthera tigris) and the leopard (Panthera pardus), targeting somewhat different prey species, but still with substantial dietary overlap.[12]

It is listed as

domestic dogs.[1]

Etymology and naming

The etymology of "dhole" is unclear. The possible earliest written use of the word in English occurred in 1808 by soldier Thomas Williamson, who encountered the animal in Ramghur district, India. He stated that dhole was a common local name for the species.[13] In 1827, Charles Hamilton Smith claimed that it was derived from a language spoken in 'various parts of the East'.[14]

Two years later, Smith connected this word with

Kannada: ತೋಳ, romanized: tōḷa, lit. 'wolf'.[18]

Other English names for the species include Asian wild dog, Asiatic wild dog,[19] Indian wild dog,[17] whistling dog, red dog,[10] red wolf,[6] and mountain wolf.[20]

Taxonomy and evolution

Skeletal remains of a European dhole dating back to the upper Würm period from Cova Negra de Xàtiva, Valencia, Spain
Illustration (1859) by Leopold von Schrenck, one of the first accurate depictions of the species, based on a single skin purchased in the village of Dshare on the Amur[21]

Canis alpinus was the

Yenisei River and occasionally crossing into China.[22][23] This northern Russian range reported by Pallas during the 18th and 19th centuries is "considerably north" of where this species occurs today.[23]

Canis primaevus was a name proposed by

domestic dog.[24] Hodgson later took note of the dhole's physical distinctiveness from the genus Canis and proposed the genus Cuon.[25]

The first study on the origins of the species was conducted by paleontologist Erich Thenius, who concluded in 1955 that the dhole was a post-Pleistocene descendant of a golden jackal-like ancestor.

Middle Pleistocene there arose both Canis majori stehlini that was the size of a large wolf, and the early dhole Canis alpinus Pallas 1811 which first appeared at Hundsheim and Mosbach in Germany. In the Late Pleistocene era the European dhole (C. a. europaeus) was modern-looking and the transformation of the lower molar into a single cusped, slicing tooth had been completed; however, its size was comparable with that of a wolf. This subspecies became extinct in Europe at the end of the late Würm period, but the species as a whole still inhabits a large area of Asia.[27] The European dhole may have survived up until the early Holocene in the Iberian Peninsula.[28] and what is believed to be dhole remains have been found at Riparo Fredian in northern Italy dated 10,800 years old.[29][30]

The vast Pleistocene range of this species also included numerous islands in Asia that this species no longer inhabits, such as

Hainan Island in south China where they no longer exist.[38] Additionally, fossils of canidae possibly belonging to dhole have been excavated from Dajia River in Taichung County, Taiwan.[39]

A single record of the dhole is known from North America. This consists of a jaw fragment and teeth of Late Pleistocene age found in San Josecito Cave in northeast Mexico, dating to around 27-11,000 years ago.[40]

Phylogenetic tree of the wolf-like canids with timing in millions of years[a]
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Dholes are also known from the Middle and Late Pleistocene fossil record of Europe.

genomes extracted from the fossil remains of two extinct European dhole specimens from the Jáchymka cave, Czech Republic dated 35,000–45,000 years old indicate that these were genetically basal to modern dholes and possessed much greater genetic diversity.[30]

The dhole's distinctive morphology has been a source of much confusion in determining the species' systematic position among the Canidae. George Simpson placed the dhole in the subfamily Simocyoninae alongside the African wild dog and the bush dog, on account of all three species' similar dentition.[42] Subsequent authors, including Juliet Clutton-Brock, noted greater morphological similarities to canids of the genera Canis, Dusicyon and Alopex than to either Speothos or Lycaon, with any resemblance to the latter two being due to convergent evolution.[5]

Some authors consider the extinct Canis

Madras, where according to zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock there is a record of a dhole that interbred with a golden jackal.[47] DNA sequencing of the Sardinian dhole (Cynotherium sardous) an extinct small canine species formerly native to the island of Sardinia in the Mediterranean, and which has often been suggested to have descended from Xenocyon, has found that it is most closely related to the living dhole among canines.[48]

Admixture with the African wild dog

In 2018, whole genome sequencing was used to compare all members (apart from the black-backed and side-striped jackals) of the genus Canis, along with the dhole and the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus). There was strong evidence of ancient genetic admixture between the dhole and the African wild dog. Today, their ranges are remote from each other; however, during the Pleistocene era the dhole could be found as far west as Europe. The study proposes that the dhole's distribution may have once included the Middle East, from where it may have admixed with the African wild dog in North Africa. However, there is no evidence of the dhole having existed in the Middle East nor North Africa,[49] though the Lycaon was present in Europe during the Early Pleistocene, with its last record in the region dating to 830,000 years ago. Genetic evidence from the Sardinan dhole suggests that both Sardinian and modern dholes share ancestry from the Lycaeon lineage, but this ancestry is significantly higher in modern dholes than in the Sardinian dhole.[48]

Subspecies

Historically, up to ten subspecies of dholes have been recognised.[50] As of 2005, seven subspecies are recognised.[51][52]

However, studies on the dhole's

Tien Shan subspecies has distinct morphology.[53]

In the absence of further data, the researchers involved in the study speculated that Javan and Sumatran dholes could have been introduced to the islands by humans.

Middle Pleistocene have been found in Java.[55]

Subspecies Image Trinomial authority Description Distribution Synonyms
C. a. adjustus Burmese dhole,[47] Indian dhole Pocock, 1941[47] Reddish coat, short hair on the paws and black whiskers[11] Northeastern India and south of the Ganges River, northern Myanmar[11] antiquus (Matthew & Granger, 1923), dukhunensis (Sykes, 1831)
C. a. alpinus Ussuri dhole[6]

(

nominate subspecies
)

Pallas, 1811[22] Thick tawny red coat, greyish neck and ochre muzzle[11] East of the eastern Sayan Mountains, eastern Russia, northeastern Asia[11]
–
C. a. fumosus[56] Pocock, 1936[56] Luxuriant yellowish-red coat, dark back and grey neck[11] Western Sichuan, China and Mongolia. Southern Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Java, Indonesia[11] infuscus (Pocock, 1936), javanicus (Desmarest, 1820)
C. a. hesperius Tien Shan dhole[6] Afanasjev and Zolotarev, 1935[57] Long yellow tinted coat, white underside and pale whiskers[11] Smaller than C. a. alpinus, with wider skull and lighter-coloured winter fur.[6] Eastern Russia and China[11] jason (Pocock, 1936)
C. a. laniger[56] Pocock, 1936[56] Full, yellowish-grey coat, tail not black but same colour as body[11] Southern Tibet, Himalayan Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Kashmir[11] grayiformis (Hodgson, 1863), primaevus (Hodgson, 1833)
C. a. lepturus[56] Heude, 1892[58] Uniform red coat with thick underfur[11] South of the Yangtze River, China[11] clamitans (Heude, 1892), rutilans (Müller, 1839), sumatrensis (Hodgson, 1833)
Sumatran dhole and Javan dhole C. a. sumatrensis[59] Hardwicke, 1821[60] Red coat and dark whiskers[11] Sumatra, Indonesia[11] Its range is highly fragmented with multiple protected areas in Sumatra and Java.[1]

Characteristics

St. George Mivart
(1890)
Captive adult dhole
Subadult

The dhole's general tone of the fur is reddish, with the brightest hues occurring in winter. In the winter coat, the back is clothed in a saturated rusty-red to reddish colour with brownish highlights along the top of the head, neck and shoulders. The throat, chest, flanks, and belly and the upper parts of the limbs are less brightly coloured, and are more yellowish in tone. The lower parts of the limbs are whitish, with dark brownish bands on the anterior sides of the forelimbs. The muzzle and forehead are greyish-reddish. The tail is very luxuriant and fluffy, and is mainly of a reddish-ocherous colour, with a dark brown tip. The summer coat is shorter, coarser and darker.[6] The dorsal and lateral guard hairs in adults measure 20–30 mm (0.79–1.18 in) in length. Dholes in the Moscow Zoo moult once a year from March to May.[10] A melanistic individual was recorded in the northern Coimbatore Forest Division in Tamil Nadu.[61]

The dhole has a wide and massive skull with a well-developed sagittal crest,[6] and its masseter muscles are highly developed compared to other canid species, giving the face an almost hyena-like appearance.[62] The rostrum is shorter than that of domestic dogs and most other canids.[10] It has six rather than seven lower molars.[63] The upper molars are weak, being one third to one half the size of those of wolves and have only one

kleptoparasites.[11]
Adult females can weigh 10–17 kg (22–37 lb), while the slightly larger male may weigh 15–21 kg (33–46 lb). The mean weight of adults from three small samples was 15.1 kg (33 lb).[11][64]

In appearance, the dhole has been variously described as combining the physical characteristics of the

gray wolf and the red fox,[6] and as being "cat-like" on account of its long backbone and slender limbs.[26]

Distribution and habitat

Dhole feeding on sambar deer carcass, Khao Yai National Park
Lone dhole strolling through the jungle in Mudumalai National Park

The dhole can be found in Tibet and possibly also in North Korea and Pakistan. It once inhabited the alpine steppes extending into Kashmir to the Ladakh area.[1] In Central Asia, the dhole primarily inhabits mountainous areas; in the western part of its range, it lives mostly in alpine meadows and high-montane steppes, while in the east, it mainly ranges in montane

alpine zones and is occasionally sighted in plains regions.[6]

In the Pamir Mountains of southern Kyrgyzstan, the presence of the dhole was confirmed in 2019.[65]

The dhole might still be present in the Tunkinsky National Park in extreme southern Siberia near Lake Baikal.[66] It possibly still lives in the Primorsky Krai province in far eastern Russia, where it was considered a rare and endangered species in 2004, with unconfirmed reports in the Pikthsa-Tigrovy Dom protected forest area; no sighting was reported in other areas since the late 1970s.[67][page needed] Currently, no other recent reports are confirmed of dhole being present in

Republic of Buryatia and Zabaykalsky Krai.[68]

One pack was sighted in the Qilian Mountains in 2006.[69] In 2011 to 2013, local government officials and herders reported the presence of several dhole packs at elevations of 2,000 to 3,500 m (6,600 to 11,500 ft) near

Gansu Province in 2013–2014.[70]
Dholes have been also reported in the Altyn-Tagh Mountains.[71]

In China's Yunnan Province, dholes were recorded in Baima Xueshan Nature Reserve in 2010–2011.[72] Dhole samples were obtained in Jiangxi Province in 2013.[73] Confirmed records by camera-trapping since 2008 have occurred in southern and western Gansu province, southern Shaanxi province, southern Qinghai province, southern and western Yunnan province, western Sichuan province, the southern Xinjiang Autonomous Region and in the Southeastern Tibet Autonomoous Region.[74] There are also historical records of dhole dating to 1521–1935 in Hainan Island, but the species is no longer present and is estimated to have become extinct around 1942.[38]

The dhole occurs in most of India south of the Ganges, particularly in the Central Indian Highlands and the

Himalayas and northwest India are fragmented.[1]

In 2011, dhole packs were recorded by camera traps in the Chitwan National Park.[75] Its presence was confirmed in the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area in 2011 by camera traps.[76] In February 2020, dholes were sighted in the Vansda National Park, with camera traps confirming the presence of two individuals in May of the same year. This was the first confirmed sighting of dholes in Gujarat since 1970.[77]

In Bhutan, the dhole is present in Jigme Dorji National Park.[78][79]

In Bangladesh, it inhabits forest reserves in the Sylhet area, as well the Chittagong Hill Tracts in the southeast. Recent camera trap photos in the Chittagong in 2016 showed the continued presence of the dhole.[80] These regions probably do not harbour a viable population, as mostly small groups or solitary individuals were sighted.[1]

In

Karen State.[81]

Its range is highly fragmented in the

Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area.[84] Camera trap surveys from 2012 to 2017 recorded dholes in the same Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area.[85]

In

Ninh Thuan Province in 2014.[86]

In 2019, scat samples collected in the Bek-Tosot Conservancy in Kyrgyzstan confirmed the continued presence of dholes in the area. This was the first record of dholes from the country in almost three decades.[65]

A disjunct dhole population was reported in the area of

National Museum of Natural History and the Karadeniz Technical University started an expedition to track and document possible Turkish population of dhole.[89] In October 2015, they concluded that two skins of alleged dholes in Turkey probably belonged to dogs, pending DNA analysis of samples from the skins, and, having analyzed photos of the skull of alleged dhole in Kabardino-Balkaria Republic of Russia, they concluded it was a grey wolf.[90]

Ecology and behaviour

Dholes produce whistles resembling the calls of red foxes, sometimes rendered as coo-coo. How this sound is produced is unknown, though it is thought to help in coordinating the pack when travelling through thick brush. When attacking prey, they emit screaming KaKaKaKAA sounds.[91] Other sounds include whines (food soliciting), growls (warning), screams, chatterings (both of which are alarm calls) and yapping cries.[92] In contrast to wolves, dholes do not howl or bark.[6]

Dholes have a complex body language. Friendly or submissive greetings are accompanied by horizontal lip retraction and the lowering of the tail, as well as licking. Playful dholes open their mouths with their lips retracted and their tails held in a vertical position whilst assuming a play bow. Aggressive or threatening dholes pucker their lips forward in a snarl and raise the hairs on their backs, as well as keep their tails horizontal or vertical. When afraid, they pull their lips back horizontally with their tails tucked and their ears flat against the skull.[93]

Social and territorial behaviour

Dholes playing, Pench Tiger Reserve

Dholes are more social than

gray wolves,[6] and have less of a dominance hierarchy, as seasonal scarcity of food is not a serious concern for them. In this manner, they closely resemble African wild dogs in social structure.[8] They live in clans rather than packs, as the latter term refers to a group of animals that always hunt together. In contrast, dhole clans frequently break into small packs of three to five animals, particularly during the spring season, as this is the optimal number for catching fawns.[94] Dominant dholes are hard to identify, as they do not engage in dominance displays as wolves do, though other clan members will show submissive behaviour toward them.[9] Intragroup fighting is rarely observed.[95]

Dholes are far less

faeces are mostly deposited within the clan's territory rather than the periphery. Faeces are often deposited in what appear to be communal latrines. They do not scrape the earth with their feet, as other canids do, to mark their territories.[93]

Denning

Four kinds of den have been described; simple earth dens with one entrance (usually remodeled striped hyena or porcupine dens); complex cavernous earth dens with more than one entrance; simple cavernous dens excavated under or between rocks; and complex cavernous dens with several other dens in the vicinity, some of which are interconnected. Dens are typically located under dense scrub or on the banks of dry rivers or creeks. The entrance to a dhole den can be almost vertical, with a sharp turn three to four feet down. The tunnel opens into an antechamber, from which extends more than one passage. Some dens may have up to six entrances leading up to thirty metres (100 ft) of interconnecting tunnels. These "cities" may be developed over many generations of dholes, and are shared by the clan females when raising young together.[98] Like African wild dogs and dingoes, dholes will avoid killing prey close to their dens.[99]

Reproduction and development

Dhole pup, Kolmården Wildlife Park

In India, the

gestation period lasts 60–63 days, with litter sizes averaging four to six pups.[10] Their growth rate is much faster than that of wolves, being similar in rate to that of coyotes
.

The

oestrogen level of captive females increases for about two weeks in January, followed by an increase of progesterone. They displayed sexual behaviours during the oestrogen peak of the females.[101]

Pups are suckled at least 58 days. During this time, the pack feeds the mother at the den site. Dholes do not use rendezvous sites to meet their pups as wolves do, though one or more adults will stay with the pups at the den while the rest of the pack hunts. Once weaning begins, the adults of the clan will regurgitate food for the pups until they are old enough to join in hunting. They remain at the den site for 70–80 days. By the age of six months, pups accompany the adults on hunts and will assist in killing large prey such as sambar by the age of eight months.[99] Maximum longevity in captivity is 15–16 years.[95]

Hunting behaviour

sambar, Bandipur National Park

Before embarking on a hunt, clans go through elaborate prehunt social rituals involving nuzzling, body rubbing and mounting.

nocturnally, except on moonlit nights, indicating they greatly rely on sight when hunting.[103] Although not as fast as jackals and foxes, they can chase their prey for many hours.[6] During a pursuit, one or more dholes may take over chasing their prey, while the rest of the pack keeps up at a steadier pace behind, taking over once the other group tires. Most chases are short, lasting only 500 m (1,600 ft).[104] When chasing fleet-footed prey, they run at a pace of 50 km/h (30 mph).[6] Dholes frequently drive their prey into water bodies, where the targeted animal's movements are hindered.[105]

Once large prey is caught, one dhole will grab the prey's nose, while the rest of the pack pulls the animal down by the flanks and hindquarters. They do not use a killing bite to the throat.

intestines. The stomach and rumen are usually left untouched.[108] Prey weighing less than 50 kg (110 lb) is usually killed within two minutes, while large stags may take 15 minutes to die. Once prey is secured, dholes will tear off pieces of the carcass and eat in seclusion.[109] Unlike wolf packs, in which the breeding pair monopolises food, dholes give access to the pups at a kill.[9] They are generally tolerant of scavengers at their kills.[110] Both mother and young are provided with regurgitated food by other pack members.[95]

Feeding ecology

Dholes feeding on a chital, Bandipur National Park

Prey animals in India include

Primorye they feed on sika deer and goral. In Mongolia, they prey on argali and rarely Siberian ibex.[6]

Like African wild dogs, but unlike wolves, dholes are not known to actively hunt people.

cows, probably because they are given less protection.[115]

Enemies and competitors

Dhole killed and cached in a tree by a leopard, India

In some areas, dholes are sympatric to tigers and leopards. Competition between these species is mostly avoided through differences in prey selection, although there is still substantial dietary overlap. Along with leopards, dholes typically target animals in the 30–175 kg (66–386 lb) range (mean weights of 35.3 kg [78 lb] for dhole and 23.4 kg [52 lb] for leopard), while tigers selected for prey animals heavier than 176 kg (388 lb) (but their mean prey weight was 65.5 kg [144 lb]). Also, other characteristics of the prey, such as sex, arboreality and aggressiveness, may play a role in prey selection. For example, dholes preferentially select male chital, whereas leopards kill both sexes more evenly (and tigers prefer larger prey altogether), dholes and tigers kill langurs rarely compared to leopards due to the leopards' greater arboreality, while leopards kill wild boar infrequently due to the inability of this relatively light predator to tackle aggressive prey of comparable weight.[12]

Tigers are dangerous opponents for dholes, as they have sufficient strength to kill a dhole with a single paw strike.[20] Dhole packs are smaller in areas with higher tiger densities due to tigers directly killing dholes and stealing kills they made. The kleptoparasitism causes dholes to prefer hunting smaller animals because they can eat more of a smaller carcass before a tiger arrives to steal it. Direct predation can lead to lower reproductive and recruitment rates, lower hunting success rates and less food for the pups when a helper is killed, and potentially pack destabilization if one member of the breeding pair is killed.[116]

Dhole packs may steal leopard kills, while leopards may kill dholes if they encounter them singly or in pairs.[47] There are numerous records of leopards being treed by dholes.[95] Dholes were once thought to be a major factor in reducing Asiatic cheetah populations, though this is doubtful, as cheetahs live in open areas as opposed to forested areas favoured by dholes.[117] Since leopards are smaller than tigers and are more likely to hunt dholes, dhole packs tend to react more aggressively toward them than they do towards tigers.[118]

Dhole packs occasionally attack

snow leopards and sloth bears. When attacking bears, dholes will attempt to prevent them from seeking refuge in caves and lacerate their hindquarters.[47]
Although usually antagonistic toward
wolves,[6] they may hunt and feed alongside one another.[119]

The dhole is also sympatric with the Indian wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) in parts of its range.[120][121] There is at least one record of a lone wolf associating with a pair of dholes in Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary,[122] and two observations in Satpura Tiger Reserve.[123] They infrequently associate in mixed groups with golden jackals. Domestic dogs may kill dholes, though they will feed alongside them on occasion.[124]

Diseases and parasites

Dholes are vulnerable to a number of different diseases, particularly in areas where they are

roundworms.[11]

Threats

Habitat loss is thought to amount to 60% of the dhole's historical range in India. The fragmentation and isolation of dhole populations has resulted in inbreeding and the Allee effect, which threaten its long term viability.[125]

Some ethnic groups like the

snaring.[11]
The
fur coats made from dhole skin were considered the warmest, but were very costly.[6]

Conservation

In India, the dhole is protected under Schedule 2 of the

Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. The creation of reserves under Project Tiger provided some protection for dhole populations sympatric with tigers. In 2014, the Indian government sanctioned its first dhole conservation breeding centre at the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park (IGZP) in Visakhapatnam.[127] The dhole has been protected in Russia since 1974, though it is vulnerable to poison left out for wolves. In China, the animal is listed as a category II protected species under the Chinese wildlife protection act of 1988. In Cambodia, the dhole is protected from all hunting, while conservation laws in Vietnam limit extraction and utilisation.[1]

In 2016, the Korean company Sooam Biotech was reported to be attempting to clone the dhole using dogs as

surrogate mothers to help conserve the species.[128]

In culture and literature

Russian ruble
Kazakhstani tenge
In ancient China, dholes were known and were also present in mythology
Drawing of a dhole from the Imperial Chinese Encyclopedia

Three dhole-like animals are featured on the coping stone of the Bharhut stupa dating from 100 BC. They are shown waiting by a tree, with a woman or spirit trapped up it, a scene reminiscent of dholes treeing tigers.[129] The animal's fearsome reputation in India is reflected by the number of pejorative names it possesses in Hindi, which variously translate as "red devil", "devil dog", "jungle devil", or "hound of Kali".[20]

Gilyaks greatly feared the species. This fear and superstition was not, however, shared by neighbouring Tungusic peoples. It was speculated that this differing attitude towards the dhole was due to the Tungusic people's more nomadic, hunter-gatherer lifestyle.[21]

Dholes appear in Rudyard Kipling's Red Dog, where they are portrayed as aggressive and bloodthirsty animals which descend from the Deccan Plateau into the Seeonee Hills inhabited by Mowgli and his adopted wolf pack to cause carnage among the jungle's denizens. They are described as living in packs numbering hundreds of individuals, and that even Shere Khan and Hathi make way for them when they descend into the jungle. The dholes are despised by the wolves because of their destructiveness, their habit of not living in dens and the hair between their toes. With Mowgli and Kaa's help, the Seeonee wolf pack manages to wipe out the dholes by leading them through bee hives and torrential waters before finishing off the rest in battle.

Japanese author Uchida Roan wrote 犬物語 (Inu monogatari; A dog's tale) in 1901 as a nationalistic critique of the declining popularity of indigenous dog breeds, which he asserted were descended from the dhole.[130]

A fictional version of the dhole, imbued with supernatural abilities, appears in the season 6 episode of TV series The X-Files, titled "Alpha".

In China, the dhole were widely known throughout history and mythology. One notable legendary creature is the Yazi (睚眦), which was believed to be a creature that was part-dhole part-dragon. In modern times, however, the Chinese word for dhole (豺; Chái) is often confused with 'jackal' or 'wolf', resulting in many confusions and mistranslations of dholes as jackals or wolves.[131]

Dholes also appear as enemies in the

Tibetan wolf and Asian black bear. They can be found hunting the player and other NPCs across the map, but are easily killed, being one of the weakest enemies in the game. They once again appear in the video game Far Cry Primal
, where they play similar roles as their counterparts in the previous game, but can now also be tamed and used in combat by Takkar, the main protagonist of the game.

Tameability

Brian Houghton Hodgson kept captured dholes in captivity, and found, with the exception of one animal, they remained shy and vicious even after 10 months.[113][132] According to Richard Lydekker, adult dholes are nearly impossible to tame, though pups are docile and can even be allowed to play with domestic dog pups until they reach early adulthood.[17] A dhole may have been presented as a gift to Ibbi-Sin as tribute.[133]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ For a full set of supporting references refer to the note (a) in the phylotree at Evolution of the wolf#Wolf-like canids

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