Pixel Wild
Irish Water Spaniel
Irish Water Spaniel
Canis familiaris
Mammalia
COMMON

Stats

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

About

The tallest of the spaniels, the Irish Water Spaniel sports a dense, curly liver-brown coat and a distinctive smooth "rat tail" that helps it steer through water. Bred as a versatile retriever in Ireland, it's an eager swimmer with an almost waterproof double coat.

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.

Learn more

Taxonomy

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