Serval dogs, also known as South American forest dogs.
The English name is Bush dog.
Latin name: [Speothos venaticus]
Subfamily Canididae
The subfamily Servalidae is divided into three genera. They are jackals (Asian jackals), African wild dogs (African wild dogs), and serval dogs (serval dogs)
Asian relative of the serval dog: the jackal
African relatives: wild dogs
We see that the three relatives of the subfamily Serval canine vary greatly in appearance. The most unique is probably the Serval Dog.
Serval dogs are distributed in Central and South America. There are water dogs, forest dogs, etc.
It is not large, with a body length of 55-75 cm, a short tail of 13 cm long, and a shoulder height of 25-30 cm. Weight 5 - 7 kg.
The coat is brownish red or brown sandalwood, and the tail hair is darker. There are light red patches on the larynx. The head is wide and the mouth is short. Good at swimming, but also diving. Amazingly, it has underdeveloped webbing on its feet. This proves that it is often born by the water.
It is also the only webbed dog!
Servals have a broad skull and a shorter mouth. This indicates that it has a strong bite force. Can hunt larger prey!
Serval dogs are very good at preying on rodents such as guinea pigs. Usually 7-12 only a group of life. Gregaries allow them to prey on larger prey. They are said to prey on ferocious cats. It also eats aquatic creatures such as fish.
This guinea pig weighs about 12 kg. It is the prey that serval dogs like to eat
Capybara weighing up to 50 kilograms may also sometimes be hunted by serval dogs.
Don't forget, Serval dogs are fast hunters who like to live in groups!
capybara
The cat is a small ferocious wild boar. If you are unlucky enough to encounter a herd of serval dogs, it may also fall into the belly of the dog!
The Serval Dog is a brave little guy who dares to attack even in the face of a powerful snake, although the success rate is not high. In contrast, the western cat, which has a reputation for ferocity, is much inferior.
West cat with green forest cockroach
As mentioned earlier, the serval dog has webbed feet. It is an animal that loves to splash around. Because of its short stature, people often mistake it for otters or ferrets.
He was the only webbed, naturally swimmer of canines.
Serval dogs usually live in groups of 7–12 (and many more). Day and night activities. The estrus period lasts about 4 days, and sexual maturity is reached in October. The gestation period is 67 days
Serval dogs sometimes kill armadillos and live in their burrows.
Without caves, they find empty trunks or rest in the open air
Not much is known about this mysterious little beast
If you go to the jungles of South America to explore and see this seemingly small and cute goods, don't take it lightly, be cautious, they are not even the world's largest python, the green forest grasshopper is not afraid of the small steel cannon.
In terms of standard territory, the serval dog is no different from other dogs...
It seems that the serval dog also relies on urine to divide the territory between communities...
From the appearance of the temper is very grumpy yo!
It is also a rare item in the zoo, and friends with conditions can go to the larger zoo to see it.
A magical dog with webbing on its feet: the Serval Dog.
This is somewhat similar to that of a fishing cat
Knowledge up!
Cold knowledge extension - When it comes to serval dogs, I naturally think of serval cats
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Serval dogs, from the bone image, are biased towards ancient canine creatures, with a very old feel in the snout and eye shape.
Many people think that the serval dog looks "soft and cute", like an elongated bear, then you can touch it in fact, this kind of guy is very wild, typical of the appearance to deceive most of the "audience audience".
Personality, do not accept the loss of the child is also, in the face of many times larger than it python, not afraid, but excitedly jump around to try (there are related videos on the Internet, temporarily did not get up, interested can search and see). I also thought about it, if I went to the forest and came across a large number of them, there was no resistance.
In fact, I like this kind of grumpy small steel cannon in the South American forest, it brings me a spirit, that is, dare to take risks, do not accept defeat, family unity, and the fierce role can be seen from the eyes, anyway, I do not think that this small steel cannon is "soft and cute", its eyes tell me that I can't afford to provoke, can't afford to provoke.
There will also be dog friends said, this kind of small steel cannon, small, put a Central Asian, Caucasus or Tibetan mastiff must be killed, but have you ever thought about it, it lives in a dense deep forest, the trees are lined up one after another, all kinds of holes, rivers, it is not a fool, and it can swim, but it can not be beaten, according to its body size and swimming talent, escape is still good.
But if you really pull it out of the woods, then it will certainly not be able to beat the big dogs.
I'll be here today, see you tomorrow.