Coyote, Dog, Dhole, Fox, Greyhound, Hyena, Hound, Jackal, Wolf, Wolverine
Dog! Dog is the common domestic animal kept by human beings for work, hunting, guarding, and as a pet among others. Dogs, foxes, jackals, coyotes, and wolves are part of a large taxonomic family called Canidae (canids). The smallest canid is a type of fox called Fennec fox and the largest canid is gray wolf. Dogs can live for more than a dozen years, if domesticated but street dogs’ life depends upon a multitude of environmental factors including how people in that area treat them.
DHOLE:
Dhole is a type of wild dog found in the jungles and forests.
COYOTE:
Coyote is a canid. Coyote is a small wolf of the plains of western North America. The habitats and behaviours of red foxes and coyotes overlap.
FOX:
Foxes and dogs are cousins. Foxes have narrow snout and bushier tail than dogs; they belong to the same canine family. Dogs were carefully bred by humans, and there were more breeds of dogs than foxes, and wolves.
Fox is a wild animal of the dog family with reddish brown fur, pointed face and a bushy tail.
Foxhound is a type of dog trained to hunt foxes.
Fox terrier is a type of short-haired dog. They were used to drive foxes out of their holes.
Foxes have a short lifespan, less than half a dozen years, but could live up to 14 years if domesticated or in captive environment. They are unlike the dogs: cannot be trained for they are averse to submission and command. They are intelligent wild animals. Why can’t a fox be a human’s best friend? Is it too foxy?
Depending upon the areas they inhabit, they are named as Arctic fox and rainforest fox.
HYENA:
Hyena is a small feliform carnivore mammal. The fifth-smallest animal among the carnivores – closer to felines and viverrids. It is a flesh-eating animal like a wolf but with a distinct sound – a howl that sounds like wild laughter.
The variant spelling of hyena is hyaena.
HOUND:
Hound is a type of dog used in hunting such as foxhound.
GREYHOUND:
Greyhound is a large, thin, fast running dog used in races. Greyhound racing is common in the UK, and bets are waged like in horseraces.
JACKAL:
Jackal is a wild animal related to the dog.
WOLF:
Wolf is a flesh-eating dog-like mammal distributed widely in the Northern Hemisphere. Wolf is a fierce, cruel, Wolf is an aggressive animal. Pack animal like dholes. They live in pack and prey on reindeer, goats, sheep, horses, cattle and buffalo.
The plural of wolf is wolves.
WOLVERINE:
Wolverine is a stocky, flesh-eating mammal with thick fur. It is found in the USA and Canada, and related to the glutton in Europe.
The plural of wolverine is wolverines.
