Dholes hunt in forest where visual contact breaks constantly. Their vocal repertoire is correspondingly rich, and the distinctive element is a repeated, tonal whistle used to re-establish contact and coordinate movement during a chase. It is quite unlike the howl of a wolf, and it travels well through vegetation.
The hunting style matches. Packs pursue chital, sambar and other deer over long distances, taking turns at the front and attacking the hindquarters rather than making a single throat hold. Kills of animals much larger than any individual dhole are routine. Unusually among carnivores, pups are allowed to feed first at a carcass.
Dholes are also anatomically odd: they have one fewer lower molar on each side than most canids, and a correspondingly shortened jaw. The species is often lumped into general talk of wild dogs, but it is neither a wolf nor closely related to the African wild dog, and its Endangered listing gets far less attention than either.