Stats

Lifespan

10-13 yrs

Size

Medium

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Pack

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Running

Breeding

Live Birth

Defense

Speed

Status

Common

About

This compact canine inhabits open grasslands and rugged rural pastures. Its speckled coat camouflages it while it nips at the heels of livestock to control their movement.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   newborn pup

   A blind newborn pup nurses and sleeps, completely dependent on its mother.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   A weaned pup wrestles with littermates, learns its place in the pack, and starts eating meat.
3. 3.
   adolescent

   An adolescent canid reaches near-adult size with long legs and a thinner coat, learning to hunt cooperatively.
4. 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