Stats

Lifespan: 10-13 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Cathemeral
Social: Pack
Biome: Worldwide
Range: Worldwide
Movement: Running
Breeding: Live birth
Defense: Speed
Status: Common

About

A toy breed refined for over 2,000 years in the Imperial Palace of China, once so prized that theft was punishable by death. Its rolling, regal gait earned it the nickname 'lion dog,' a nod to the thick mane framing its flat-nosed face.

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