Stats

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

About

A medium-sized Dutch Spitz breed that served as the companion dog on Rhine riverboats for centuries. Most distinctive for its "spectacles" — precise dark markings and shading around the eyes that create the illusion of eyeglasses — framed by a thick silver-grey and black double coat.

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