Canines are one of the oldest surviving carnivores, and one of the most familiar animal groups for us humans, because the dogs that are very pleasing in our daily lives belong to the canine family, and the wild wolves are also canines, and canines have a high social and organizational nature compared to cats. The canine family is also the most widely distributed family among the carnivorous order at present, and the canine family is divided into 3 subfamily: the subfamily canine, the subfamily Serval inuyasha and the subfamily Fox, and the following is a more peculiar canine, which is an animal of the subfamily Serval incanibal, called the Serval Dog, which is very different from some of the canines we are usually familiar with, and is a very peculiar canine.
Serval dogs are difficult to associate with the word dog, because their body size is really different from our imaginary dogs, we all know that in addition to the serval dogs, there are also serval cats, serval cats have always been known for their large legs and tall figures, so our imaginary serval dogs should be a taller animal, but this is not the case, on the contrary, the shoulder height of the serval dog is only 20 or 30 centimeters, and the body length is only between 50 and 70 centimeters, which makes it difficult to believe that this is really a canine that survives in the wild.
Serval dogs are also known as pseudo-dogs because they are very different from the general canine family, they look like a weasel or otter, and the habits are actually similar to otters, they live in the near water area like otters, and they are very good at swimming, even with webbed feet on their feet, and webbed feet are indeed a bit pully on canines, but this is the truth. Serval dogs are endemic to South America, they live in the forests, wetland grasslands and jungles of South America, because of their habitat and habits, serval dogs are often called water dogs, jungle dogs, and forest dogs.
As a peculiar canine, even the molars are different from the general canine species, the upper and lower jaws have three incisors, one canine, four premolars and two molars, their molars are more similar to cats, they are called canines, of course, they do not have any commonalities with other canines, right? Of course, the answer is yes, such as their hunting style, they are good at group hunting, and can hunt animals that are much taller than themselves, in the process of group hunting, they have a clear division of labor, have a high degree of organization, in fact, they all live together as a group, with high social activity.
The distribution range of the serval dog in South America is very wide, it can be said that it is spread throughout the entire South American region, including the nominate subspecies of the serval dog, the Panamanian subspecies and the Paraguayan subspecies, although the distribution range is wide, but this does not mean that the number of servals is large, because the density of serval dog life is actually very low, the number of servals found in a place may be very small, and the servals are facing many threats given by humans, the development of tourism, the planning of roads and the logging of trees and so on can lead to a decrease in their numbers. Even widely distributed species should still be worthy of attention, and a species must not be endangered or even extinct due to human negligence or wanton destruction.