ASIATIC WILD DOGS. 
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wild dogs are in the habit of giving tongue while hunting. This is, however, 
denied both by Hamilton and Blanford; but it is affirmed that these animals are 
in the habit of howling at night. 
There does not appear to be any authenticated instance of the Indian wild dog 
attacking human beings. In marked contrast to the wolf and the jackal, it is, if 
not absolutely untamable, exceedingly difficult to render domesticated in any 
degree; this of itself being a proof that it has nothing to do with the ancestry of 
domestic dogs. The young in India are born in the winter, although this is 
probably not the case in the higher Himalaya and Tibet. The number of cubs in 
a litter is usually from two to four, but six or more have been observed. In the 
Himalaya, near Simla, a breeding-place was discovered where it appeared that 
several females bred in company. 
By many writers the wild dog of the countries to the eastward 
of the Bay of Bengal is regarded as inseparable from the Indian 
form. Mr. Blanford, however, takes the opposite view, and considers that the 
Malay Wild Dog. 
Malay wild dog (j nat. size). 
