European dhole (SciiFii)

The European dhole (Cuon alpinus europaeus), also known as the European red dog, is a subspecies of dhole which ranged throughout much of Western and Central Europe during the Middle and Late Pleistocene and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and reintroduced to the modern forests, open woodlands, mountains, heathlands and grasslands of Europe. It is found across Spain, Russia, Armenia, Poland, Bulgaria, Germany, Ukraine, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia, Romainia, Estonia, Albania, Belarus, Finland, Bohemia, Norway, Portugal, and France; from the Atlantic coast to the easternmost foothills of Russia's Ural mountains. The European dhole male averages in weight between 30-50 pounds, and females are usually of weights between 22-30 pounds. this subspecies averages in total body length between 3.5-6 feet, and in shoulder heights between 1.5-2 feet. The average size of their packs is 8-24 adults, though the size of 35-40 or more adults is not unheard of. Each pack has a pack-den that all members sleep in, and each pack also has a pack 'latrine'. As a carnivore, the European dhole mainly preys on ungulates like the red deer, aurochs, chamois, wisent, tarpans, mouflon, moose, wild boars, fallow deer and ibexes. Unlike many of the dhole subspecies, conservation status of the European dhole is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts and are kept in zoos, even Cenozoic park. Due to the demand for another subspecies, SciiFii has created a subspecies of the European dhole known as the Eurasian dhole (Cuon alpinus spelaea) which roams the Iberian Peninsula, Central Asia, northern Afghanistan, western China to eastern Siberia.
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