Top 10 Favorite Wild Canids

[smedz]

I have had to think about this for a while, but what are your top ten favorite wild canids?   Here's my list 

1. Dhole 
2. Coyote 
3. Painted Dog 
4. Red Wolf 
5. Raccoon Dog 
6. Maned Wolf 
7. Bush Dog 
8. Indian Gray Wolf 
9. Red Fox 
10. Dingo Reply

[sanjay]

Surprise, you don't have hyena in  the list?

Hyenas are my favorite canids, specially spotted Hyena, followed by African Wild dogs. Reply

[Pckts]

Hyena aren't actually Canids. Reply

[Sanju]

(04-09-2019, 07:36 AM)sanjay Wrote: Hyenas are my favorite canids

(04-09-2019, 08:39 AM)Pckts Wrote: Hyena aren't actually Canids.

Yes, it's a feliform...

Hyenas originated in the jungles of Miocene Eurasia 22 million years ago, when most early feliform species were still largely arboreal. The first ancestral hyenas were likely similar to the modern banded palm civet; one of the earliest hyena species described, Plioviverrops, was a lithe, civet-like animal that inhabited Eurasia 20–22 million years ago, and is identifiable as a hyaenid by the structure of the middle ear and dentition. The lineage of Plioviverrops prospered, and gave rise to descendants with longer legs and more pointed jaws, a direction similar to that taken by canids in North America.

Then came Dog like hyenas.
After that bone crushing hyenas.
Now the modern hyena. Reply

[sanjay]

Surprise, I didn't know this till now
Thank you Sanju and Pckts for updating my poor brain. :) Reply

[Lycaon]

1. Lycaon pictus sharicus

2. Canis anthus lupaster

3. Canis lupus lupus

4. Cuon alpinus

5. Canis rufus

6. Vulpes zerda

7. Canis aureus syrica

8. Vulpes vulpes

9. Canis mesomelas

10. Canis simenis Reply