What Canids have you seen?

  1. wolf
  2. red wolf
  3. coyote
  4. dingo
  5. New Guinea singing dog
  6. golden jackal
  7. black-backed jackal
  8. side-striped jackal
  9. African hunting dog
  10. dhole
  11. maned wolf
  12. bush dog
  13. raccoon dog
  14. red fox
  15. Arctic fox
  16. fennec fox
  17. bat-eared fox
  18. Corsac fox
  19. grey fox
  20. crab-eating fox
 
1. Red fox
2. Gray fox
3. Red wolf
4. Gray wolf
5. Swift fox
6. Bushdog
7. Bat-eared fox
8. African wild dog
9. Fennec fox
10. Coyote
 
biggest_dreamer said:
Pretty standard list here.
  • Gray Wolf
    • Mexican Wolf
    • Dingo
    • New Guinea Singing Dog
    • Domestic Dog
  • Red Wolf
  • Coyote
  • Black-Backed Jackal
  • African Wild Dog
  • Bush Dog
  • Raccoon Dog
  • Bat-Eared Fox
  • Red Fox
  • Fennec Fox
  • Arctic Fox
  • Swift Fox
  • Gray Fox
Seen red fox, gray fox, and coyote in the wild. Most egregious absence is the maned wolf, followed distantly by the dhole.
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Finally saw some maned wolves over the weekend. Pretty sure the only canids kept in the US that I have yet to see are now dholes and a handful of rare foxes (pale, island, kit, Ruppell's)

  • Gray Wolf
    • Mexican Wolf
    • Dingo
    • New Guinea Singing Dog
    • Domestic Dog
  • Red Wolf
  • Coyote
  • Black-Backed Jackal
  • African Wild Dog
  • Maned Wolf
  • Bush Dog
  • Raccoon Dog
  • Bat-Eared Fox
  • Red Fox
  • Fennec Fox
  • Arctic Fox
  • Swift Fox
  • Gray Fox

    ...Is it really just Bronx and The Wilds that has dhole in the US? I thought a few other places did, like still no more than 5 or so, but that's surprising to see that it's apparently that low. Not a huge deal since those are both top priority places to visit, but still.
 
biggest_dreamer said:
Finally saw some maned wolves over the weekend. Pretty sure the only canids kept in the US that I have yet to see are now dholes and a handful of rare foxes (pale, island, kit, Ruppell's)

  • Gray Wolf
    • Mexican Wolf
    • Dingo
    • New Guinea Singing Dog
    • Domestic Dog
  • Red Wolf
  • Coyote
  • Black-Backed Jackal
  • African Wild Dog
  • Maned Wolf
  • Bush Dog
  • Raccoon Dog
  • Bat-Eared Fox
  • Red Fox
  • Fennec Fox
  • Arctic Fox
  • Swift Fox
  • Gray Fox

    ...Is it really just Bronx and The Wilds that has dhole in the US? I thought a few other places did, like still no more than 5 or so, but that's surprising to see that it's apparently that low. Not a huge deal since those are both top priority places to visit, but still.
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Yeah, astonishingly we’re down to two holders now that Minnesota and Miami are both out of them… hopefully we can import some new individuals.
 
My current list is as follows:

  1. African hunting dog - first seen at Chester Zoo
  2. American red fox - first seen at Staten Island Zoo
  3. Arctic fox - first seen at Rotterdam Zoo
  4. Bush dog - first seen at Chester Zoo
  5. Chinese dhole - first seen at Terra Natura Benidorm
  6. Corsac fox - first seen at Hamerton Zoo
  7. Coyote - first seen at Queens Zoo - subjective given their origin
  8. Dingo - first seen at Hamerton Zoo
  9. European wolf - first seen at Highland Wildlife Park
  10. Fennec fox - first seen at South Lakes Safari Zoo
  11. Iberian wolf - first seen at Blackpool Zoo
  12. Maned wolf - first seen at Edinburgh Zoo
  13. Raccoon dog - first seen at Yorkshire Wildlife Park
  14. South-African bat-eared fox - first seen at Berlin Tierpark
  15. Wolf - first seen at South Lakes Safari Zoo
 
{UPDATE}

• Painted Dog
• Dhole
• Grey Wolf - (baileyi, respectively)
• Coyote
• Domestic Dog
• Grey Fox
• Red Wolf
• Dingo
• New Guinea Singing Dog
• Corsac Fox
• Swift Fox
• Bat-Eared Fox
• Tanuki / Raccoon Dog
• Fennec Fox
• Red Fox
• Arctic Fox

(Underlined Italics - seen in both captivity and in the wild)
(Bold - newly added)
 
Also, while it may be too late to edit my post; I just want to clarify that I have not (yet) see a wild Mexican Wolf.

Therefore, I am aware that I italicized “baileyi”; but that was out of corrective labeling, and nothing more.
 
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biggest_dreamer said:
Pretty standard list here.
  • Gray Wolf
    • Mexican Wolf
    • Dingo
    • New Guinea Singing Dog
    • Domestic Dog
  • Red Wolf
  • Coyote
  • Black-Backed Jackal
  • African Wild Dog
  • Bush Dog
  • Raccoon Dog
  • Bat-Eared Fox
  • Red Fox
  • Fennec Fox
  • Arctic Fox
  • Swift Fox
  • Gray Fox
Seen red fox, gray fox, and coyote in the wild. Most egregious absence is the maned wolf, followed distantly by the dhole.
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Some updates.
  • Gray Wolf
    • Mexican Wolf
    • Dingo
    • New Guinea Singing Dog
    • Domestic Dog
  • Red Wolf
  • Coyote
  • Black-Backed Jackal
  • African Wild Dog
  • Dhole
  • Maned Wolf
  • Bush Dog
  • Raccoon Dog
  • Tanuki
  • Bat-Eared Fox
  • Red Fox
    • American Red Fox
    • Japanese Fox
  • Fennec Fox
  • Arctic Fox
  • Swift Fox
  • Gray Fox
I don't see where any more progress can be easily made at this point, short of happening across one of the handful of more obscure fox species kicking around in the US (by my count: island, kit, pale, and Ruppell's) or traveling internationally again.
 
1. Coyote
2.red fox
3. Gray fox
4. Kit fox
5. Fennec fox
6. Arctic fox
7. Gray wolf
7a. Mexican gray wolf
8. African wild dog
9. Red wolf (gregoryi)
10. Domestic dog
10a. New Guinea singing dog
11. Maned wolf
 
  • C. familiaris - domestic dog
  • C. lantrans - coyote
  • C. lupus - gray wolf (seen at MN zoo, unsure of exact subspecies. if anyone knows please tell me)
  • C. lupus baileyi - Mexican wolf
  • C. alpinus - dhole
  • O. megalotis - bat-eared fox
  • V. lagopus - arctic fox
  • V. vulpes - red fox
  • V. zerda - fennec fox
  • L. pictus - African wild dog
 
UPDATE:

Red Fox
Arctic Fox
Fennec Fox
Pale Fox
Grey Fox
Bat-Eared Fox
Common Raccoon Dog
Tanuki (Japanese Raccoon Dog)
Bush Dog
Maned Wolf
African Painted Dog
Gray Wolf
Red Wolf
Coyote
Dhole
Domestic Dog

(Bold indicates species seen in the wild. All species have been seen in captivity too)

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[UPDATED]

  1. Arctic Fox
  2. African Wild Dog
  3. Bat-Eared Fox
  4. Bush Dog
  5. Coyote
  6. Domestic Dog
  7. Fennec Fox
  8. Gray Fox
  9. Gray Wolf
  10. Pale Fox
  11. Red Fox
  12. Red Wolf
 
  • Mexican gray wolf
  • African wild dogs
  • Red wolf
  • Coyote (Both wild and in the zoo, as show up from time to time in the metropark near my house)
  • Fennec fox
  • Red fox (Wild)
  • Gray fox (Wild)
  • Arctic fox (Columbus)
  • Dingo
  • New Guinea Singing Dog (Cleveland, replaced by dingos)
 
Hello. With the exception of the African wild dog, all canid species I have seen will have the dates of when I first saw them since 2021, when I began keeping track of the species I'd seen.

1. (Canis [lupus] familiaris) - Domestic dog: at home (2006)*;
2. (Canis lupus [lupus]) - Eurasian gray wolf: Dublin Zoo (2025)*;
3. (Cerdocyon thous) - Crab-eating fox: Zoo VR (2021)*;
4. (Chrysocyon brachyurus) - Maned wolf: BioParque do Rio (2021)*;
5. (Cuon alpinus [lepturus]) - Chinese dhole: Dublin Zoo (2025);
6. (Lycaon pictus) - African wild dog: São Paulo Zoo (2015)*;
7. (Lycalopex vetulus) - Hoary fox: São Paulo Zoo (2022)*;
8. (Speothos venaticus) - Bushdog: São Paulo Zoo (2024)*;
9. (Vulpes vulpes) - Red fox: wild? (2025).

*Seen before I began keeping track (2021).
 
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24 species so far
-Arctic Fox Alopex lagopus
-Golden Jackal Canis aureus
-Wolf Canis lupus
-Black-backed Jackal Lupulella mesomelas
-Maned Wolf Chrysocyon brachyurus
-Dhole Cuon alpinus
-African Hunting Dog Lycaon pictus
-Raccoon Dog Nyctereutes procyonoides
-Japanese raccoon dog Nyctereutes viverrinus
-Coyote Canis latrans
-Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis
-Bush Dog Speothos venaticus
-Cape Fox Vulpes chama
-Corsac Fox Vulpes corsac
-Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
-Fennec Fox Vulpes zerda
- Dingo/New Guinea Singing Dog Canis familiaris
- Blanford's Fox Vulpes cana
- Rueppell's Fox Vulpes rueppellii
- Crab-eating Fox Cerdocyon thous
- Hoary Fox Lycalopex vetulus
- Chila Lycalopex griseus
- Culpeo Lycalopex culpaeus
- Sechuran Fox Lycalopex sechurae
 
Species seen are as below, alphabetically by scientific name - most recent new addition captive was Side-striped Jackal when they were at Zie Zoo, most recent new addition to the wild list was Dhole last year in India. Unadorned means captive only, * means captive and wild, ** means wild only.

1. Canis aureus - Golden Jackal
2. Canis familiaris - Domestic Dog (including Dingo, New Guinea Singing Dog)
3. Canis latrans - Coyote*
4. Canis lupaster - African Golden Wolf*
5. Canis lupus - Grey Wolf
6. Canis rufus - Red Wolf
7. Canis simensis - Ethiopian Wolf**
8. Chrysocyon brachyurus - Maned Wolf
9. Cuon alpinus - Dhole*
10. Lupulella adusta - Side-striped Jackal
11. Lupulella mesomelas - Black-backed Jackal*
12. Lycaon pictus - African Wild Dog*
13. Nyctereutes procyonoides - Raccoon Dog
14. Otocyon megalotis - Bat-eared Fox
15. Speothos venaticus - Bush Dog
16. Urocyon cinereoargenteus - Common Grey Fox
17. Vulpes chama - Cape Fox
18. Vulpes corsac - Corsac Fox
19. Vulpes lagopus - Arctic Fox
20. Vulpes macrotis - Kit Fox
21. Vulpes velox - Swift Fox
22. Vulpes vulpes - Red Fox*
23. Vulpes zerda - Fennec Fox

So 23 total species, of which 7 wild. :)
 
Out of curiosity, what status are we giving the New Guinea Singing Dog for this list? I haven't seen it before so it doesn't affect my species list, but I believe the NGSD has been treated as taxonomically indistinct from the Dingo, both combined under Canis familiaris dingo (as the NGSD is, essentially, a basal form of the Dingo only geographically separated from it by the relatively recent formation of the Torres Strait, and the NGSD is paraphyletic if the Dingo is excluded).
 
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