Dogs And Wild Canids

This group gathers Carnivorans that belong to the dog family, Canidae, built for endurance rather than the cat family's short pursuit, with non-retractable claws, a longer muzzle adapted for a strong sense of smell, and in most species a highly social pack structure built around cooperative hunting and pup rearing. It spans the gray wolf and its close relatives, the fox genus Vulpes, the jackals, the dingo, the African wild dog and the maned wolf, and the dhole, an Asian wild dog. Their shared cooperative social structure and pursuit hunting style set them apart from the cat family's solitary ambush predators and from the bear family's largely solitary omnivores.