Dhole

The dhole is a medium-sized wild canid with a thick muzzle, rounded ears and a bushy, usually black-tipped tail. Its adult coat is commonly rusty red with a paler underside, although colour varies geographically from brownish-grey to nearly uniform red. It differs dentally from most canids by lacking one lower molar on each side. Adults measure about 90cm from head to body, with a 40–45cm tail, and weigh 17–21kg. (Animal Diversity Web)

Dholes inhabit forest, rainforest, scrub and forest-steppe across parts of Asia, using roads, clearings, riverbeds and paths as resting or travel sites. They live and hunt cooperatively in packs, and subordinate adults help feed and guard the dominant pair's pups. Pack members communicate with distinctive whistles and other calls. Coordinated hunts allow them to pursue ungulates, while smaller vertebrates supplement their diet. They frequently drink and readily enter shallow water. (Animal Diversity Web)