Largest wild canids

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This is a list of the species of Canidae ordered by average weights of adult individuals in the wild. It does not include canid hybrids or any domesticated animals. Only wild species of canids are included, all of which are described as species by authentic sources.

List

Rank Species Binomial name Image Weight
range (kg)		 Maximum
weight (kg)		 Length
range (m)		 Maximum
length (m) [lower-alpha 1]		 Shoulder
height (cm)		 Native range by continent(s) Range map
1 Wolf Canis lupus File:20180429-155046 Wolf & Futter (28018983358).jpg 14–65[1] 79[2]
86[3]		 1.4-1.90[4] 2.13[5]-2.5[6][7] 97 North America and Eurasia File:Grey wolf distribution with subdivisions.PNG
2 Red wolf Canis rufus File:Red wolf (4531335218).jpg 23-39 40[8] 1.2-1.65[9] 1.7 [10] 80 North America File:Red Wolf (Canis rufus) Recovery (2013) fig. 1.png
3 Eastern wolf Canis lycaon File:Eastern-wolf.jpg 23-30 36.7[11] 0.91-1.65[citation needed] 1.8[12] 70 North America File:Distribution of North American Canis 2.png
4 Maned wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus File:Lobo Guará andando.jpg 20-30 36[13] 1.5-1.8 [14][15] 1.9 [16] 107 South America File:Maned Wolf area.png
5 African wild dog Lycaon pictus File:African wild dog (Lycaon pictus pictus).jpg 20-30[17] 36[18] 1.10-1.40[19] 1.5 [20] 75 Africa File:African Wild Dog Distrbution.svg
6 Coyote Canis latrans File:Coyote - Discovery Park 3340 (cropped).jpg 8-20 33.91[21] 1.0-1.3[22] 1.5 [23] 70 North America File:Cypron-Range Canis latrans.svg
7 Dhole Cuon alpinus File:Dhole Habitat Image 1 (cropped).jpg 10-21 25 0.9-1.3 [24] 1.45 [25] 56 Asia File:Cuon-alpinus-map.png
8 Ethiopian wolf Canis simensis File:Canis simensis Bale Mountains National Park 8 cropped.jpg 11-19 20[26] 1.1-1.4[27] 1.45 [28][29] 62 Africa File:Canis simensis subspecies range.png
9 Red fox Vulpes vulpes File:Fox - British Wildlife Centre (17429406401).jpg 2-14 17.2[30] 0.76-1.4[31] 1.5 [32] 50 North America, Eurasia, Africa File:Wiki-Vulpes vulpes.png
10 African wolf Canis lupaster File:Grey jackal from Haizer Algeria 11 (cropped).jpeg 7-14 15 1.2-1.4[33] [34] 1.50 [35] 40 Africa File:Canis lupaster range.png
11 Side-striped jackal Lupulella adusta File:Side-striped Jackal.jpg 6.5-14 15 69-81 95 50[36] Africa File:Side-striped Jackal area.png
12 Golden jackal Canis aureus File:Jackal on mound (52581167497).jpg 6-14 14.9 69-85[37] 1.25 45-50 Eurasia File:Canis aureus range (cropped) black sea label.png
13 Culpeo fox Lycalopex culpaeus File:Lycalopex culpaeus reissii (Canidae) = zorro culpeo or Andean fox (cropped).jpg 5-13.5 14 94-1.33 1.52 45-65 South America File:Culpeo area.png
14 Common raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides File:Nyctereutes procyonoides in Higashiyama Zoo - 4.jpg 3-7 9-10[38] 45-71 89 20 cm Europe and Asia File:Raccoon Dog area.png

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ This refers to the length including the tail. Note that lengths given as "between the pegs" generally include the tail.

References

  1. ↑ "gray wolf". britannica.com.
  2. ↑ Jim Rearden (2002). The Wolves of Alaska: A Fact-based Saga. Portland Oregon: Alaska Northwest Books. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-88240-933-7.
  3. ↑ Graves, Will (2007). Wolves in Russia: Anxiety throughout the ages. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-55059-332-7. Archived from the original on 2009-08-02. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
  4. ↑ "Gray Wolf Facts". pbs.org. 13 April 2012.
  5. ↑ Sather, Patrick (2022-05-23). "The 10 Largest Wolves in the World". a-z-animals.com. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  6. ↑ Heptner, V. G.; Naumov, N. P. (1998). Mammals of the Soviet Union Vol. II Part 1a, Sirenia and Carnivora (Sea cows; Wolves and Bears). Science Publishers, USA. ISBN 1-886106-81-9
  7. ↑ CSA – Wolves Archived 2013-05-11 at the Wayback Machine. Commonsenseforanimals.org
  8. ↑ "ADW: Canis rufus: INFORMATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  9. ↑ "Red Wolf". a-z-animals.com.
  10. ↑ "Red Wolf". animaldiversity.org.
  11. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-09-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ↑ "Eastern Wolf". wolfworlds.com.
  13. ↑ "Lobo-guará". Onçafari (in português do Brasil). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  14. ↑ "Maned Wolf". seaworld.org.
  15. ↑ "Maned Wolf". bolivia.wcs.org.
  16. ↑ Gambarini, Adriano. "Maned Wolf". procarnivoros.org.
  17. ↑ "African wild dog | Canids". www.canids.org. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
  18. ↑ "ADW: Lycaon pictus: INFORMATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  19. ↑ "African Wild Dog". honoluluzoo.org.
  20. ↑ "How big is the biggest coyote". amazing-animals-planet.com.
  21. ↑ "Coyote". Project Noah. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  22. ↑ "Coyote". ovlc.org.
  23. ↑ Lariviere, Serge. "coyote". britannica.com.
  24. ↑ "Dhole/Asian Wild Dog". theanimalfacts.com.
  25. ↑ "Cuon Alpinus". ecologyasia.com.
  26. ↑ "Ethiopian Wolf". awf.org.
  27. ↑ "Ethiopian Wolf". wolf-stuff.com.
  28. ↑ "Episode 2:The Ethiopian Wolf". idtaxonomy.com.
  29. ↑ "Ethiopian Wolf". awf.org.
  30. ↑ Wilkes, David (5 March 2012). "'Largest fox killed in UK' shot on Aberdeenshire farm". BBC News Online.
  31. ↑ Tikkanen, Amy. "red fox". britannica.com.
  32. ↑ "Red Fox Size". wildifeonline.me.uk.
  33. ↑ Gaubert P, Bloch C, Benyacoub S, Abdelhamid A, Pagani P, et al. (2012). "Reviving the African Wolf Canis lupus lupaster in North and West Africa: A Mitochondrial Lineage Ranging More than 6,000 km Wide". PLOS ONE. 7 (8): e42740. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...742740G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0042740. PMC 3416759. PMID 22900047.
  34. ↑ Lydekker, Richard (1908). "The Game Animals of Africa". London, R. Ward, limited. pp. 459–461
  35. ↑ "Canines in Egypt". touregypt.net.
  36. ↑ Burnie, D; Wilson, DE, eds. (2005). Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife. DK Adult. ISBN 0789477645.
  37. ↑ Jhala, Y. V. & Moehlman, P. D. 2004. Golden jackal Canis aureus Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine. In Sillero-Zubiri, C., Hoffman, M. & MacDonald, D. W., ed., Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs – 2004 Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan, 156–161. IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group, ISBN 2-8317-0786-2
  38. ↑ Ward, Oscar C.; Wurster-Hill, Doris H. (23 October 1990). "Nyctereutes procyonoides". Mammalian Species (358). The American Society of Mammalogists: 1–5. doi:10.2307/3504213. JSTOR 3504213. Issue 358.
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