All 15 Species of Wild Dog (Wolves, Jackals & Dogs)

After watching this back, I realised I made two mistakes: while describing wolf-like canids and their relatives in the larger Canini tribe, I used a video of a red fox, which is actually in Canini's sister tribe, Vulpini. Also, while defining a nuclear family I stated that it is made up of "both sets of parents" which makes no sense. A nuclear family is made up of both parents [and their offspring]. Sorry!

Correction: In nature grey wolves aren't known to form a alpha pair, alpha male and alpha female, instead their pack structure is more like a family. They form a alpha like structure in captivity usually due to including wolves from different families etc. Also, when they do form a alpha like structure in nature it's usually only the female and she has control over who mates! We have only 1 known pack that formed a structure like that and if I remember correctly it's one pack from Yellowstone national part.

It's ironic that the wolf with the longest legs is so closely related with the (arguably) most short-legged one. I also wasn't aware that bush dogs actually hunt tapirs. Even with younger ones, that's a hell of a task.

I read somewhere that the Maned Wolf in South America, for whatever reason, when they piss it reaks of weed. To the point where one zoo that had this thing, had groups of people complaining about someone smoking weed somewhere in the middle of the zoo. It just so happened the Maned Wolf took a huge piss.

Wolf pack structure is often like this (not always but in most cases): -Parents at the top -Older offspring who aid in hunting and feeding family, maintaining territory, usually older than 2 and haven’t left to form their own pack -1-2 year olds who stay back with younger siblings and babysit while parents and older siblings hunt/patrol -Current year’s litter

Coyotes are also great at surviving in urban environments. I'm from Stamford, Connecticut (about 50 km/ 30 miles from New York City). You can find coyotes doing quite well from the suburbs to the middle of the city. They're almost doing as well as the pigeons, squirrels, and red tailed hawks around here.

We had a pet dingo. What was most interesting about him was just that he was always very serious, peaceful and friendly, but the whole concept of play was just not there, at least not in the way we observe it in dogs.

When I first moved to Japan, everyone told me about the mythical Tanuki. About how it was a creature, maybe even a God, of mischief. Businesses had Tanuki statues with giant testicles to protect them. I did not realize that it was a real animal until I saw one on a hike and almost lost my mind.

Interesting fact about coyotes, they're also one of the relatively few animal species that adapt very well to mankind encroaching on their territory. They take to urban environments like a fish to water. Large populations of them can thrive there, although they abandon any pack structure they had in the wild and become solo creatures in that environment.

We're on the East Coast of the US. Coyotes have recently moved into our ecosystem. We sometimes see them loping by at night. We have a LOT of white-tailed deer here, so there is an abundant prey species for them to feed upon.

I loved the bush dog! It looks like so much like a weasel. I didn't even realize that there are so many different types of wild dogs.

I would like to point out, that the alpha male model of gray wolves has been debunked by none other than the man who originally coined the term, David Mech. He stated that his mistake was to make deductions of wolves in captivity, which forces the pack structure artificially and does not have any correlation to wolves in the wild. Mech said he wished he never wrote the paper coining the term. Since the concept has bled into human comparisons, this is a toxic misconception. I recommend researching it for the sake of accuracy.

Wolves do not have alpha pairs in the wild. This behavior was observed in wolves enclosed areas. In the wild, the alpha pair is simply parents and the pack is family.

You forgot the Red Wolf, a species of wolf only found in the Southeastern United States. Historically, it’s range went from Florida and Texas to southern Pennsylvania. However, it is now considered critically endangered, with the only wild population found in the a state park in Eastern North Carolina.

I like the raccoon dog,never knew there was such a dog

You forgot New Guinea Singing Dog's. Which are very closely to be related to dingoes. Like the Dingo are believed to be 'feral dogs' but actually display more wild ancestry behave, such as not barking (but instead, howling), can't wag their tales truly like domesticated dogs, excluding the basenji and another domesticated dog I forget the name of). And whilst may be domesticated, like dingoes, they still have wild wolf like traits). Since alot of Papua New Guinea is unexplored, it's actually relatively unknown how long they've been in Papua New Guinea.. but they do believe that these canids crossed the land bridge to become what Australia knows as the Dingo.

If you consider dingos as wild dogs, then you need to include African dog the Basenji which is also known as the Barkless dog. Basenjis are found in Central Africa in Southern Sudan and Zaire and are the oldest breed of dog. The are considered a basal breed that is one of the founding breeds of canis lupus. Basenji live around 13 years but dogs are known to live up to 17 years (with the author of these posts own basenji having lived to 19 years and four months).

I enjoyed this video. I was aware of most of the canids listed. Very impressed you included the often over looked bush dog. Even more impressed by all the subspecies listed and given their place as distinctive animals.

Although the endangered red wolf from coastal North Carolina is missing this was a great informative watch 👍

I think the African wild dog has the best relationship with pack members. Bringing back food for the sick or older members, leaving their pups with baby sitters. They appear to be less aggressive with each when compared to other pack hunters like wolves. Also amazing video, definitely subscribing I came from the foxes species video.