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How many babies does a Dhole have at once? (litter size)

How many baby Dholes are in a litter?

A Dhole (Cuon alpinus) usually gives birth to around 4 babies.

Each of those little ones spend around 61 days as a fetus before they are released into the wild. Upon birth, they weight 275 grams (0.61 lbs) and measure 1.9 cm (0′ 1″). They are a member of the Canidae family (genus: Cuon). An adult Dhole grows up to a size of 98.8 cm (3′ 3″).

To have a reference: Humans obviously usually have a litter size of one ;). Their babies are in the womb of their mother for 280 days (40 weeks) and reach an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). They weight in at 62 kg (137 lbs), which is obviously highly individual, and reach an average age of 75 years.

The average litter size of a Dhole is 4

The dhole (Cuon alpinus) is a canid native to Central, South, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. Other English names for the species include Asian wild dog, Asiatic wild dog, Indian wild dog, whistling dog, red dog, and mountain wolf. It is genetically close to species within the genus Canis, but distinct in several anatomical aspects: its skull is convex rather than concave in profile, it lacks a third lower molar and the upper molars sport only a single cusp as opposed to between two and four. During the Pleistocene, the dhole ranged throughout Asia, Europe, and North America but became restricted to its historical range 12,000–18,000 years ago.The dhole is a highly social animal, living in large clans without rigid dominance hierarchies and containing multiple breeding females. Such clans usually consist of 12 individuals, but groups of over 40 are known. It is a diurnal pack hunter which preferentially targets medium- and large-sized ungulates. In tropical forests, the dhole competes with tiger and leopard, targeting somewhat different prey species, but still with substantial dietary overlap.It is listed as Endangered by the IUCN as populations are decreasing and are estimated at fewer than 2,500 adults. Factors contributing to this decline include habitat loss, loss of prey, competition with other species, persecution due to livestock predation and disease transfer from domestic dogs.

Other animals of the family Canidae

Dhole is a member of the Canidae, as are these animals:

Animals that share a litter size with Dhole

Those animals also give birth to 4 babies at once:

Animals that get as old as a Dhole

Other animals that usually reach the age of 16 years:

Animals with the same weight as a Dhole

What other animals weight around 15.85 kg (34.94 lbs)?

Animals with the same size as a Dhole

Also reaching around 98.8 cm (3′ 3″) in size do these animals: