Largest wild canids

This is a list of the species of Canidae ordered by average weights of adult individuals in the wild. It does not include canid hybrids or any domesticated animals. Only wild species of canids are included, all of which are described as species by authentic sources.

List

RankSpeciesBinomial nameImageMaximum
weight (kg)		Weight
range (kg)		Maximum
length (m) [a]		Length
range (m)		Shoulder
height (cm)		Native range by continent(s)Range map
1 Grey WolfCanis lupus79[1]
86[2](verified)
103 [3] (unverified)		14–65[4]2.13[5]-2.5[6][7]1.4-1.90[8]97North America and Eurasia
2 Red wolfCanis rufus40[9]23-391.7 [10]1.2-1.65[11]80North America
3 Eastern wolf Canis lycaon36.7[12]23-301.8[13]0.91-1.65 70North America
4 Maned wolfChrysocyon brachyurus36[14]20-301.9 [15]1.5-1.8 [16][17]107South America
5 African wild dogLycaon pictus36[18]20-30[19]1.5 [20]1.10-1.40[21]75Africa
6 CoyoteCanis latrans33.91[22]8-201.5 [23]1.0-1.3[24]70North America
7 DholeCuon alpinus2510-211.45 [25]0.9-1.3 [26]56Asia
8 Ethiopian wolfCanis simensis20[27]11-191.45 [28][29]1.1-1.4[30]62Africa
9 Red foxVulpes vulpes17.2[31]2-141.5 [32]0.76-1.4[33]50North America, Eurasia, Africa
10 African wolfCanis lupaster157-141.50 [34]1.2-1.4[35][36]40Africa
11 Side-striped jackalLupulella adusta156.5-140.9569-8150[37]Africa
12 Golden jackalCanis aureus14.96-141.2569-85[38]45-50Eurasia
13 Culpeo foxLycalopex culpaeus145-13.51.5294-1.3345-65South America
14 Common raccoon dogNyctereutes procyonoides9-10[39]3-70.8945-7120 cmEurope and Asia

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ This refers to the length including the tail. Note that lengths given as "between the pegs" generally include the tail.

References

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  9. ↑ "ADW: Canis rufus: INFORMATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
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  12. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-10. Retrieved 2021-09-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  14. ↑ "Lobo-guará". Onçafari (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-25.
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  18. ↑ "ADW: Lycaon pictus: INFORMATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  19. ↑ "African wild dog | Canids". www.canids.org. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
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  22. ↑ "Coyote". Project Noah. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
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  26. ↑ "Dhole/Asian Wild Dog". theanimalfacts.com.
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  39. ↑ Ward, Oscar C.; Wurster-Hill, Doris H. (23 October 1990). "Nyctereutes procyonoides". Mammalian Species (358). The American Society of Mammalogists: 1–5. doi:10.2307/3504213. JSTOR 3504213. Issue 358.
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