Two canid species have common names specifically calling them " wild dogs ", but are entirely different species from the domestic dog ( " Canis lupus familiaris " ) : the African wild dog ( " Lycaon pictus, " ) and the Indian wild dog ( " Cuon alpinus " ), more commonly known as the dhole.
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Charles Darwin in his " Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication " when discussing the origin of the domestic dog, mentions that Hodgson succeeded in taming the young of the race " primaevus " of the dhole or Indian wild dog ( " Cuon alpinus " ), and in making them as fond of him and as intelligent as ordinary dogs.
