Stats

Lifespan: 10-15 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Pack
Biome: Global terrestrial
Range: Worldwide
Movement: Running
Breeding: Live Birth
Defense: Speed
Status: Common

About

Domestic Wire-Haired Dogs are medium-sized, long-haired, and muscular canines. They have a distinctive, wiry coat and a keen sense of smell, which makes them excellent working dogs.

Life cycle

1.
newborn pup
A blind newborn pup nurses and sleeps, completely dependent on its mother.
2.
juvenile
A weaned pup wrestles with littermates, learns its place in the pack, and starts eating meat.
3.
adolescent
An adolescent canid reaches near-adult size with long legs and a thinner coat, learning to hunt cooperatively.
4.
adult
Fully grown and hunting alongside the pack.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: Canis familiaris