Ussuri dhole
| Ussuri dhole | |
|---|---|
| A captive Ussuri dhole at Kolmårdens djurpark, Sweden. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Cuon |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | C. a. alpinus |
| Trinomial name | |
| Cuon alpinus alpinus (Pallas, 1811) | |
The Ussuri dhole (Cuon alpinus alpinus), also known as the Eastern Asiatic dhole and the Chinese dhole, is the nominate subspecies of the dhole wild dog native to Asia. The Ussuri dhole subspecies is originally native to the Russian Far East and parts of China, the Korean Peninsula and Mongolia, though it is presumed regionally extinct or extirpated in most of its historical range, and it possibly exists as fragmented populations in the Russian Far East.