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A pack hunter is a predator belonging to the animal
Animal

Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the Kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life....
 kingdom, which has evolved to hunt its prey by working together with other members of its species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
. Normally, such animals are closely related. The most commonly known pack-hunter is the wolf, the ancestor of all breeds of domesticated dog
Dog

The dog is a domesticated subspecies of the Gray Wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties....
s. This pack-hunting history is thought to be the main conduit through which humans have been able to form a mutual relationship with dogs (that is, domestication
Domestication

Domestication or taming refers to the process whereby a population of living things becomes accustomed to a controlled environment by other plants or animals through a process of Selective breeding....
), as both species are highly social and inter-dependent.






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A pack hunter is a predator belonging to the animal
Animal

Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the Kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life....
 kingdom, which has evolved to hunt its prey by working together with other members of its species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
. Normally, such animals are closely related. The most commonly known pack-hunter is the wolf, the ancestor of all breeds of domesticated dog
Dog

The dog is a domesticated subspecies of the Gray Wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties....
s. This pack-hunting history is thought to be the main conduit through which humans have been able to form a mutual relationship with dogs (that is, domestication
Domestication

Domestication or taming refers to the process whereby a population of living things becomes accustomed to a controlled environment by other plants or animals through a process of Selective breeding....
), as both species are highly social and inter-dependent. Other pack-hunters include simple arthropods such as ants and highly-intelligent mammals such as dolphins, lions, and hyenas. There is a possibility some theropod dinosaur
Dinosaur

Dinosaurs were the dominant vertebrate animals of Landform ecosystems for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic Period until the end of the Cretaceous Period , when most of them became extinct in the Cretaceous?Tertiary extinction event....
s were also.

See also

  • Pack (canine)
    Pack (canine)

    A pack of canines is a group of canines of the same kind. Not all Canidae form packs and social behaviour within packs varies with the species....
  • Dog society