dhole

The dhole is an av­er­age size ca­nine with head/body length 90cm (35"), tail length 40-45cm (16"-18"), and shoul­der height 50cm (20"). The dhole is set apart from other canids in that it has an un­usu­ally thick muz­zle and one less molar tooth on each side of its lower jaw. Other mem­bers of the fam­ily Canidae have a total of 42 teeth.