Name: Xenocyon

Scientific name: Xenolycaon lycaonoides

Type: Mammal

Diet: Carnivore

Family: Canidae

Social structure: Xenocyons are social animals, living in large packs in order to hunt large prey and survive against other predators. Packs consists of an alpha pair, breeding females and their offspring.

Preferred habitat: Moorlands, bamboo forests, floodplains, prairies, taiga forests, flatlands, semi-deserts, pine forests, tropical grasslands, snowy fields, alpine meadows, mountainous plateaus, rocky mountains, temperate grasslands, snowy savannas, boreal birch forests, highlands, alpine grasslands, shrublands, steppes, boreal forests, temperate woodlands, scrublands, icy mountains, redwood forests and wetlands.

Population: Thousands

Bio: The xenocyon (Xenocyon lycaonoides) is a large, pack hunting species of canid that lived in Eurasia and Africa during the Early Pleistocene to the Middle Pleistocene in Africa and Eurasia around thousands of years ago. They are said to be the ancestors of dholes and African wild dogs whom they're closely related to. Their ancestors were brought to Ice Age Paradise and managed to survive in their new home. They are measured seven feet long in length, weighing around up to 130 pounds. They are now found throughout the moorlands, bamboo forests, floodplains, prairies, taiga forests, flatlands, semi-deserts, pine forests, tropical grasslands, snowy fields, alpine meadows, mountainous plateaus, rocky mountains, temperate grasslands, snowy savannas, boreal birch forests, highlands, alpine grasslands, shrublands, steppes, boreal forests, temperate woodlands, scrublands, icy mountains, redwood forests and wetlands of Ice Age Paradise. Xenocyons are one of the most common canines in Ice Age Paradise alongside with wolves, European dholes, Epicyons and Protocyons, which the xenocyons competed against over food and territory, they are known to be very aggressive towards Beringian wolves or Epicyons more than anything. They have powerful jaws to crack open and even eating bones, like hyenas. Xenocyons are social animals, living in large packs in order to hunt large prey and survive against other predators. Packs consists of an alpha pair, breeding females and their offspring. Xenocyons are capable of bringing down large prey ten times larger than themselves, like hyenas.