{"id":31119,"date":"2026-07-27T11:55:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T06:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31119"},"modified":"2026-07-27T12:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T07:09:20","slug":"asiatic-wild-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/asiatic-wild-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Asiatic Wild Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Asiatic Wild Dog Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A recent study showed that Asiatic wild dogs are \u2018hypercarnivore\u2019 (over 70 per cent of their diet consists of meat) canids mostly eat sambar and chital and very little livestock at least in Central India.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Asiatic Wild Dog<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Asiatic wild dog, also <\/span><b>called Dhole,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>wild Asian carnivore<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the dog family (Canidae).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Other Names:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Indian wild dog, whistling dog, red wolf, red dog, and mountain wolf.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Distribution<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are found throughout <\/span><b>Central, Eastern and Southeastern Asia.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India, they are found in three clusters across India, namely the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/difference-between-western-ghats-and-eastern-ghats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Western and Eastern Ghats<\/a>, the central Indian landscape, and Northeast India.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Western and Eastern Ghats are stronghold regions for dholes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They inhabit <\/span><b>dense jungles, steppes, mountains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, scrub forests, and pine forests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation Status: IUCN Red List:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Endangered<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Asiatic Wild Dog<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a sleek, reddish-brown, medium-sized dog.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Males are generally more muscular than females.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This species <\/span><b>tends to live in groups<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with numbers ranging from 2-25 individuals.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>fast runners, excellent swimmers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and impressive jumpers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>great communicators<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and use an <\/span><b>eerie whistle to communicate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with each other.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/wildlife-biodiversity\/what-do-asiatic-wild-dogs-or-dholes-in-india-eat-mostly-chital-and-sambar-and-hardly-any-livestock-says-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asiatic Wild Dog, also called Dhole, is a wild Asian carnivore of the dog family (Canidae). 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