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Definition of Cuon alpinus
1. Noun. Fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs.
Generic synonyms: Wild Dog
Group relationships: Cuon, Cyon, Genus Cuon, Genus Cyon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuon Alpinus
Literary usage of Cuon alpinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"Cuon alpinus, Gray, PZS 1868, p. 498; Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. BM p. 81.
... The skull in the British Museum is very like that of the Cuon alpinus. ..."
2. Explorations in Turkestan, Expedition of 1904: Prehistoric Civilizations of by Raphael Pumpelly (1908)
"So far the bones might still possibly belong to Cuon alpinus Pallas, since the
dimensions of the teeth are similar, especially as regards the carnassial ..."
3. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1868)
"Siberia, Altai Mountains (Brandt) (skull, BM). Cuon alpinus, Gray ; Gerrard, Cat.
of Bones of Mamm. BM 81. Skull very like that of the preceding species, ..."