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Encyclopedia > Cuon
See also H. P. Lovecraft's fictional monster Dhole
Dhole
Conservation status: Endangered

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Cuon
Species: C. alpinus
Binomial name
Cuon alpinus
(Pallas, 1811)


The Dhole (Cuon alpinus) is a mammal of the Canidae family. It is the only species in its genus Cuon.


Dholes are mostly found in south Asia, ranging further north into central Asia to the borders of Russia, east to Malaysia and south to Sumatra and Java.


The dhole is a social canid and is generally seen hunting in packs.


Dholes appear in Rudyard Kipling's children's story Red Dog in The Second Jungle Book as a threat to Mowgli's wolf pack.


External Link

  • Dhole Home Page (http://www.cuon.net/dholes/)

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Entertainment: Little packets of big flavor at Banh Cuon Tay Ho No. 4 - OCRegister.com (947 words)
At Banh Cuon Tay Ho No. 4 in Westminster, the Little Saigon institution is the obvious place to tuck into the chewy packets of goodness.
We hastily ordered the Banh Cuon Dac Biet ($6), which arrived just minutes later and turned out to be banh cuon with the works: rolls stuffed with steamed shrimp, sautéed minced pork and mushrooms topped with the lua and crispy bundles of fried sweet potato and shrimp.
My other banh cuon and banh uot eating strategy is something I've practiced ever since I was a little kid: Ration your six or seven slices of lua and the heap of crispy scallions so that you have enough to eat with every bite of the gooey rice-flour sheets.
Pictures of the dhole|Cuon alpinus facts (523 words)
The dhole (Cuon alpinus) is an endangered wild dog, originating from South Asia, also called the Indian Wild Dog, the Red Dog, the Asiatic Dog, or the Whistling Hunter.
The Dhole (Cuon alpinus) is a mammal of the Canidae family.
The Dhole (Cuon alpinus) is a species of wild dog of the Canidae family.
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