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title: "Dhole"
description: "Cuon alpinus — Mammals. The dhole ( dohl; Cuon alpinus) is a canid native to South, East and Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/dhole
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dhole

> Cuon alpinus — Mammals. The dhole ( dohl; Cuon alpinus) is a canid native to South, East and Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Cuon alpinus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 828
- Wikidata: [Q132585](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132585)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42101](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42101)

## Names

- en: Dhole
- de: Rothund
- es: Perro salvaje asiático
- fr: Dhole
- nl: Dhole
- pt: Cão-selvagem-asiático
- pl: Cyjon

## Countries with the most observations

IN (511), TH (57), MY (10), CN (7), BT (4), ID (4), KH (3)

## Summary

The dhole ( dohl; Cuon alpinus) is a canid native to South, East and Southeast Asia. The sole member of the genus Cuon, it is anatomically distinguished from members of the genus Canis in several aspects: its skull is convex rather than concave in profile, it lacks a third lower molar, and the upper molars possess only a single cusp as opposed to between two and four. During the Pleistocene, the dhole ranged throughout Asia, with its range also extending into Europe (with a single putative, controversial record also reported from North America) but became restricted to its historical range 12,000–18,000 years ago…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhole

## Photo

![Dhole](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dhole/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jaya Rakesh · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63488547

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dhole?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).