Definition of Cuon alpinus

1. Noun. Fierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs.

Exact synonyms: Dhole
Generic synonyms: Wild Dog
Group relationships: Cuon, Cyon, Genus Cuon, Genus Cyon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuon Alpinus

Cuminum cyminum
Cummer's guideline
Cummingsesque
Cumulative Index Medicus
Cuna
Cunarder
Cunas
Cunaxa
Cuneo
Cuniculus paca
Cunningham
Cunninghamella elegans
Cunoniaceae
Cuon
Cuon alpinus (current term)
Cupertino effect
Cupid
Cupid's bow
Cupid's bows
Cupid's disease
Cupid's itch
Cupidinian
Cupidlike
Cupressaceae
Cupressus
Cupressus abramsiana
Cupressus arizonica
Cupressus goveniana
Cupressus goveniana abramsiana

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, ..."

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