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Canines are common scavengers and hunters found all throughout Crawl. While they are among the weaker monsters you'll find, they are all faster than the average adventurer and usually run in packs. Their keen noses give them immunity to blinding and the ability to see invisible.

Canines can mostly be found in the Dungeon and the Lair (especially in the hound-themed Lair ending), though a couple varieties can be found in more exotic locations. Some can be summoned with the spell Call Canine Familiar.

Canine Types

h Jackal - Low-level scavengers that inhabit the early Dungeon. Individually weak, but a pack can bring down a newbie adventurer if they catch them out in the open.

h Hound - Swift, solitary dogs found in the earlier portions of the Dungeon.

h Wolf - Exceptionally fast pack hunters found in wild places, as well as in the company of Grum.

h Warg - Huge, bestial wolves who live in the Orcish Mines with their orcish masters. Resistant to poison.

h Hell hound - Demonic, fire-breathing dogs found mostly in and around the Hells. Occasionally appear elsewhere, such as in Volcanoes or with Azrael.

h Raiju - Abyssal wolves that can transform themselves into bolts of lightning and lunge through prey.

h Doom hound - Grim hunting hounds of Tartarus, their unearthly howls call down deathly hunters on trespassers.

Retired Canines

h War dog - War-trained dogs with painful bites and a pack mentality. Found both in the Lair and in the company of Grum before their removal in 0.13.

h Spirit wolf - Semi-corporeal beasts that called vast packs to hunt those who enter their woods. Considered for inclusion in 0.14.

History

Prior to 0.26, canines were able to track the smell of blood.

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+'''Canines''' are common scavengers and hunters found all throughout ''Crawl''. While they are among the weaker monsters you'll find, they are all faster than the average adventurer and usually run in packs. Their keen noses give them immunity to [[blind]]ing and the ability to [[see invisible]].
-"'''Hound'''" refers to any of the various canines found in ''Crawl''. While they are among the weaker kinds of monsters you can find, they are all faster than the average character and tend to run in packs. They can mostly be found in [[the Dungeon]] and [[the Lair]] (especially in the hound-themed Lair ending), though a couple varieties can be found in more unusual locations. Many of them can be summoned with the spell [[Call Canine Familiar]].
+Canines can mostly be found in [[the Dungeon]] and [[the Lair]] (especially in the hound-themed Lair ending), though a couple varieties can be found in more exotic locations. Some can be summoned with the spell [[Call Canine Familiar]].
-==Hound Types==
+==Canine Types==
-{{monsterlink|Jackal}}- Low-level pack-hunters that inhabit the early Dungeon. Individually weak, but a pack can bring down a low-level adventurer if they catch him out in the open.
+{{monsterlink|Jackal}} - Low-level scavengers that inhabit the early Dungeon. Individually weak, but a pack can bring down a newbie adventurer if they catch them out in the open.
-{{monsterlink|Hound}}- Swift, solitary dogs found in the earlier portions of the Dungeon. Quite delicious.
+{{monsterlink|Hound}} - Swift, solitary dogs found in the earlier portions of the Dungeon.
-{{monsterlink|War dog}}- War-trained dogs with painful bites and a pack mentality. Found both in the Lair and in the company of [[Grum]].
+{{monsterlink|Wolf}} - Exceptionally fast pack hunters found in wild places, as well as in the company of [[Grum]].
-{{monsterlink|Wolf}}- Wild creatures found in [[Ice Cave]]s and near [[List of spriggans|spriggan]] encampments. Has multiple attacks.
+{{monsterlink|Warg}} - Huge, bestial wolves who live in the [[Orcish Mines]] with their [[list of orcs|orcish]] masters. Resistant to [[poison]].
-{{monsterlink|Warg}}- Huge, bestial wolves who live in the [[Orcish Mines]] with their [[list of orcs|orcish]] masters. Resistant to [[poison]].
+{{monsterlink|Hell hound}} - [[Demon]]ic, [[fire]]-breathing dogs found mostly in and around the [[Hell]]s. Occasionally appear elsewhere, such as in [[Volcano]]es or with [[Azrael]].
-{{monsterlink|Hell hound}}- Demonic, [[fire]]-breathing dogs found mostly in and around the [[Hell]]s. Occasionally appears elsewhere.
+{{monsterlink|Raiju}} - [[Abyss]]al wolves that can [[Blinkbolt|transform themselves into bolts of lightning]] and lunge through prey.
+{{monsterlink|Doom hound}} - Grim hunting hounds of [[Tartarus]], their [[Doom Howl|unearthly howls]] call down deathly hunters on trespassers.
+==Retired Canines==
+{{monsterlink|War dog}} - War-trained dogs with painful bites and a pack mentality. Found both in the Lair and in the company of [[Grum]] before their removal in [[0.13]].
+{{monsterlink|Spirit wolf}} - Semi-corporeal beasts that called vast packs to hunt those who enter their woods.  Considered for inclusion in [[0.14]].
+==History==
+*Prior to [[0.26]], canines were able to [[Blood scent|track the smell of blood]].
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