Dhole the Asian Wild Dog and Chinese Hare A.K.A. Baby Bunny coloring pages

Dhole the Asian Wild Dog

The Dhole is a wild dog that once ranged all over Asia.  In the Pleistocene it ranged all over North America, Asia, and Europe.  But around 12,000 years ago they disappeared in North America.  They now live in areas of Central Asia, Eastern Asia, and especially Southeast Asia.  There is some theory that some type of meteorite or comet exploded over North America and that killed off a lot of the big mammals in North America around 12,000 years ago.  Maybe the Dholes lost their primary prey species and so disappeared in North America.  Or maybe the wolves and coyotes out competed the Daholes for prey.  But whatever it was that killed Daholes off in North America, they persisted in Asia.  

They live in clans rather than packs.  They have a hierarchy but it is not as rigid as a wolf pack.  In the spring they tend to break the clan up into smaller groups.   The Dhole is about 28 inches or 70 cm long.  It is about 20 inches or 50 cm tall at the shoulders. Dholes tend to weigh in from 26 - 44 lbs or 12 - 20 kg.

There are other names for the Dhole animal:  Asiatic Wild Dog, Indian Wild Dog, Whistling Wild Dog, Red Dog, and Mountain  Wolf.   Of course those are just the English names.  This drawing is of a mother Dhole and two pups.  The mother nurses the cubs, but once they are weaned the entire clan help to feed and care for the pups. 

Chinese Hare A.K.A. Baby Bunny

The Chinese Hare is a species of rabbit found in China and the island of Taiwan.  It is also found in parts of Vietnam.  It is a smaller species of rabbit or bunny.  It has short coarse hair.  They grow to be between 16 and 30 inches or between 40 and 76 cm.  The hare found in Korea was thought to be the same species but recently DNA studies showed it to be a different species.  The Chinese Hare weighs around 3 to 4 lbs. or 1.4 to 1.8 kg.  I included the Chinese Hare in today's post because it is a prey species to the Dhole or Asian Wild Dog.

You might have noticed the bird in the Hare drawing.  This is a Black Crested Jay of China.  It is a species of bird that is native to China.  Its genus is Corvus.  

NOTE:  I had to have a tooth pulled today.  I drew these drawings to distract me from the pain after the dentist pulled my tooth.  For me, drawing is a good distraction from pain.    These drawings, in printable form, are found by clicking on the correct button up top.  Then scroll down to see the right title of drawing.  Click on . . . . . All Printables. . .  or . . . . Animals.  . . . or
. . . . Holidays. . .   (since the bunny counts as an Easter Drawing.)

English readers. . . since the hare is native to China, Vietnam, and the island of Taiwan, I am using the Yandex translator to translate them into those languages and I will post it in those languages too.  Come to think of it, the Asian Wild Dog is also native to Eastern Russian... so I think I will post it in Russian too.