Cuon alpinus

(Pallas, 1811)

Dhole

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Canoidea
Family : Canidae
Genus : Cuon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1811. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica. Volumen Primum. In officina Caes. Academiae Scientiarum impress., Saint Petersburg, 568 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29113967

Original name as described

Canis alpinus

Other common names

Asiatic Wild Dog

Type locality

Amur region, former USSR.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Pakistan? · India · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Myanmar · Laos · Thailand · Cambodia · Vietnam? · Malaysia · Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005949

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cyon antiquus

Matthew & Granger, 1923

Family

Canidae

Root name

antiquus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH FM-18389

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

584

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cuon javanicus jason

Pocock, 1936

Family

Canidae

Root name

jason

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1842.3.13.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/75c493e6-7d82-45e1-99e8-b455b64cadec

Authority page

51

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis primævus

(Hodgson, 1833)

Family

Canidae

Root name

primaevus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.28

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5d4e78f1-e456-4ef4-b131-6f60f96ee1b4

Authority page

111

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859551

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Primoevus buansu

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Canidae

Root name

buansu

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.28

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5d4e78f1-e456-4ef4-b131-6f60f96ee1b4

Authority page

39

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Cuon javanicus laniger

Pocock, 1936

Family

Canidae

Root name

laniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1856.9.22.25

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dbce6848-77ae-4dc3-b1f1-5e35ba641c73

Authority page

50

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cuon javanicus infuscus

Pocock, 1936

Family

Canidae

Root name

infuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1861.11.14.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/093bc617-c58f-4bbb-ad7e-f2f83c26002f

Authority page

38

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis dukhunensis

(Sykes, 1831)

Family

Canidae

Root name

dukhunensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.634

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5c318afa-8d01-47e0-9df6-f7033560e9f9

Authority page

100

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861508

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cuon javanicus fumosus

Pocock, 1936

Family

Canidae

Root name

fumosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1924.6.9.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/135b17df-80cf-4020-9207-3b2244bf2ddf

Authority page

49

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cuon crassidens

von Koenigswald, 1933

Family

Canidae

Root name

crassidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MGBI 1947/K274

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1-127

Authority publication

Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen, Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Oost Indië

Cuon sangiranensis

von Koenigswald, 1940

Family

Canidae

Root name

sangiranensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF-PA F6791

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen, Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Oost Indië

Cuon alpinus fossilis

Nehring, 1890

Family

Canidae

Root name

fossilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 7681

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8790978

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Cyon alpinus hesperius

Afanas'yev & Zolotarev, 1935

Family

Canidae

Root name

hesperius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 15229, ZIN S. 23894

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

427

Authority publication

Izvestiya Akademiya Nauk Soyuza Sovietskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik

Cuon alpinus caucasicus

Baryshnikov, 1978

Family

Canidae

Root name

caucasicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN O. 31241

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

79

Authority publication

Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta

Canis sumatrensis

(H. R. Schinz, 1825)

Family

Canidae

Root name

sumatrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

507

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523924

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Lesson (1827:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Canis quao

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Canidae

Root name

quao

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207627

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207627) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Cuon rutilans

E. Blyth, 1863

Family

Canidae

Root name

rutilans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534703

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Stoliczka (1872:228, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137944) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67309)

Cuon alpinus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Canidae

Root name

alpinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

93

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5953/72477893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cuon alpinus alpinus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

alpinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Cuon alpinus hesperius

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

hesperius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Cuon alpinus sumatrensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

sumatrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Cuon alpinus fumosus

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Canidae

Root name

fumosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

419

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Cuon alpinus laniger

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Canidae

Root name

laniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

419

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Cuon alpinus lepturus

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Canidae

Root name

lepturus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

419

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Canis cavernalis

(Rosenmüller, 1794)

Family

Canidae

Root name

cavernalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Leipzig

Canis alpinus

(Pallas, 1811)

Family

Canidae

Root name

alpinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29113967

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

Blyth (1863:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

canis javanicus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Canidae

Root name

javanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

198

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523962

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis familiaris var. sumatrensis

(Hardwicke, 1821)

Family

Canidae

Root name

sumatrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

235

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754977

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Cuon primævus

Hodgson, 1838

Family

Canidae

Root name

primaevus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

152

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3380785

Authority publication

Annals of Natural History

Chryseus scylax

(C. H. Smith, 1839)

Family

Canidae

Root name

scylax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18521733

Authority publication

London

Canis rutilans

(S. Müller in Temminck, 1840)

Family

Canidae

Root name

rutilans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

27, 51

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50103234 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50103274

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cuon grayiformis

Hodgson in J. E. Gray, 1863

Family

Canidae

Root name

grayiformis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

5

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cuon europaeus

Bourguignat, 1868

Family

Canidae

Root name

europaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Paris

Cuon Europæus Var. Pyrenaïcus

Filhol, 1889

Family

Canidae

Root name

pyrenaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31965260

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris

Cuon bourreti

Harlé, 1891

Family

Canidae

Root name

bourreti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

129-140

Authority publication

L'Anthropologie

Anurocyon clamitans

(Heude, 1892)

Family

Canidae

Root name

clamitans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

102 (footnote)

Authority publication

Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cuon lepturus

Heude, 1892

Family

Canidae

Root name

lepturus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

102 (footnote)

Authority publication

Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cuon alpinus adustus

Pocock, 1941

Family

Canidae

Root name

adustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

156

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Cuon priscus

Thenius, 1954

Family

Canidae

Root name

priscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

230-286

Authority publication

Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. Abhandlungen

Cuon Boureti

Bonifay, 1971

Family

Canidae

Root name

boureti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

151

Authority publication

Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle

sumatrensis

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

sumatrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

578

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005:578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Cuon javanicus sinhaleyus

Deraniyagala, 1958

Family

Canidae

Root name

sinhaleyus

Validity status

species_inquirenda

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

84

Authority publication

Colombo

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