African wild dog
species of canid native to Sub-Saharan Africa
The African wild dog or painted dog (Lycaon pictus) is a carnivorous mammal of the Canidae family.[2] In past centuries it had a wide distribution in Africa.
| African wild dog Temporal range: Pleistocene – present
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| At Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Subfamily: | Caninae |
| Tribe: | Canini |
| Genus: | Lycaon |
| Species: | L. pictus
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| Lycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820)
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| L. pictus range | |
The African wild dog is very social, living in packs. They hunt antelopes, which they catch by chasing them to exhaustion. Like other canids, the African wild dog regurgitates food for its young, and other adults.[3][4][5] Their natural enemies are lions and hyenas: the lions kill the canids where possible; hyenas frequently steal their kills.[6]
ReferencesEdit
| Wikispecies has information on: Lycaon pictus. |
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lycaon pictus. |
- ↑ Woodroffe, R.; Sillero-Zubiri, C. (2012). "Lycaon pictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T12436A16711116.
- ↑ Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. JHU Press. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
- ↑ "AWD - Facts". Born Free Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ "African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus Temminck, 1820) - WildAfrica.cz - Animal Encyclopedia". Wildafrica.cz. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ "African Wild Dog Natural History". Awdconservancy.org. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ↑ http://www.painteddogresearch.org/african-painted-dogs.asp
