African wild dog

African painted dog
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Subfamily:	Caninae
Genus:	Lycaon
Binomial name
	Lycaon pictus;
	African wild dog range

The African wild dog or painted dog (Lycaon pictus) is a carnivorous mammal of the Canidae family.^[2] It lives by hunting antelopes. In past centuries it had a wide distribution in Africa.

ReferencesEdit

Wikispecies has information on: Lycaon pictus.

↑ Woodroffe R. & Sillero-Zubiri C. (2008). "Lycaon pictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 06 May 2008. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) Database entry includes justification for why this species is endangered
↑ Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. JHU Press. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

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[iucn-1] Woodroffe R. & Sillero-Zubiri C. (2008). "Lycaon pictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 06 May 2008. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) Database entry includes justification for why this species is endangered

[2] Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. JHU Press. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

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African painted dog

Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Subfamily:	Caninae
Genus:	Lycaon
Binomial name
*Lycaon pictus*

African wild dog range