A stray dog gets drenched in the rain and is wandering on the road while it is still drizzling. It seems to be trying to walk tall, in order to avoid the rain accumulated on the road.
"Stray dog" and "Wild dog" - a free-ranging dog is any dog that is not contained. The term encompasses various loose categories relating to the ownership, behavior, and descent of such dogs, including wild dogs, feral dogs, stray dogs, street dogs, and village dogs, as well as dogs allowed to come and go freely by their owners. It sometimes overlaps with the polysemic term pariah dog. The term is used when distinctions of ownership are irrelevant.Ecologists find it important at times to distinguish between urban free-ranging dogs and rural free-ranging dogs. The distinction can be important as the ecological impact of, and evolutionary pressures on, these groups can be quite different.
Rural free-ranging dogs that rarely if ever leave a settlement are called village dogs. They are considered neither wild nor feral, and have less impact on the surrounding ecosystem than other rural free-ranging dogs. They pose a different set of environmental pressures than feral or wild dogs, or even free-ranging farm dogs.[2] Experts on the behavior of early and primitive dogs have also noted interesting physical and behavioral differences between village dogs and other more feral free-ranging dogs. For example, village dogs tend to be smaller and occur more often alone or in pairs.
Village dogs include the African village dog and East Asian village dog, two types that were the earliest to be domesticated.
The term pariah dog has been used inconsistently, but is sometimes used synonymously, if incorrectly, with 'free-ranging dog'. Originally, it referred to the landrace of free-ranging dogs native to India and other Asian countries. It later came to be used for primitive natural breeds of dogs of a similar physical appearance in other parts of the world. The United Kennel Club has a category of dogs called the Sighthound & Pariah Group, which includes primitive dogs, distinctive local free-ranging landraces, breeds recently developed from naturally selected populations, and very ancient breeds.
Pariah dogs are canids that have kept close to the original form and have evolved with little or no purposeful human intervention. Pariahs in all countries have a very similar, typical morphology known as the "long-term pariah morphotype".[5] This primal body design resembles the ancient breeds from which most other dog forms derive. Typically, these canids have a wolf or fox-like appearance with wedge-shaped head and a pointed muzzle, almond eyes, erect ears, and a long, curved tail. Unlike modern breeds, pariah dogs have one annual estrus cycle.
Primitive or pariah dogs include the Aspin dog, a native Philippine breed, the Indian Pariah Dog, the Indian Santal dog, the Indonesian Bali Dog, the Korean Jindo Dog, the South African Hottentot dog, and the American Carolina Dog.
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