African wild dog
(Lycaon pictus)[]
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Species ID:
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3-6-46-2427-14717
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Class:
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Mammalia
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Order:
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Carnivora
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Family:
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Canidae
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Genus:
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Lycaon
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Conservation status:
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EN - Endangered
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Systems:
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Terrestrial
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Links:
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IUCN Red List
Wikipedia
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Subspecies[]
- L. p. pictus (Cape wild dog)
- L. p. lupinus (East African wild dog)
- L. p. manguensis (West African wild dog)
- L. p. sharicus (Chad wild dog)
- L. p. somalicus (Somali wild dog)
Other names[]
- African hunting dog
- Cape hunting dog
- Painted hunting dog
- Painted dog
- Painted wolf
- Painted lycaon
Diet[]
- Antelope
- Warthogs
- Ostriches
- Insects
- Rodents
- Hares
- Lizards
- Eggs
Biomes[]
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
- Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
- Flooded grasslands and savannas
- Montane grasslands and shrublands
- Deserts and xeric shrublands
Locations[]
Ecozones[]
Ecoregions[]
- AT0108 East African montane forests
- AT0109 Eastern Arc forests
- AT0112 Ethiopian montane forests
- AT0119 Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
- AT0125 Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0128 Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
- AT0203 Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests
- AT0701 Angolan Miombo woodlands
- AT0702 Angolan Mopane woodlands
- AT0704 Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
- AT0705 East Sudanian savanna
- AT0706 Eastern Miombo woodlands
- AT0707 Guinean forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0708 Itigi-Sumbu thicket
- AT0709 Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0710 Mandara Plateau mosaic
- AT0711 Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0712 Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0713 Sahelian Acacia savanna
- AT0714 Serengeti volcanic grasslands
- AT0715 Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0716 Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
- AT0717 Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0718 Southern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0719 Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0721 Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0722 West Sudanian savanna
- AT0723 Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
- AT0724 Western Zambezian grasslands
- AT0725 Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726 Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0901 East African halophytics
- AT0902 Etosha Pan halophytics
- AT0903 Inner Niger Delta flooded savanna
- AT0904 Lake Chad flooded savanna
- AT0905 Saharan flooded grasslands
- AT0906 Zambezian coastal flooded savanna
- AT0907 Zambezian flooded grasslands
- AT1001 Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic
- AT1002 Angolan Scarp savanna and woodlands
- AT1003 Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands
- AT1004 Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
- AT1005 East African montane moorlands
- AT1006 Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
- AT1007 Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands
- AT1008 Ethiopian montane moorlands
- AT1009 Highveld grasslands
- AT1012 Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
- AT1013 Ruwenzori-Virunga montane moorlands
- AT1014 South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic
- AT1015 Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic
- AT1303 East Saharan montane xeric woodlands
- AT1304 Eritrean coastal desert
- AT1305 Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands
- AT1307 Hobyo grasslands and shrublands
- AT1309 Kalahari xeric savanna
- AT1313 Masai xeric grasslands and shrublands
- AT1316 Namibian savanna woodlands
- AT1319 Somali montane xeric woodlands
- PA1327 Sahara desert
- PA1329 South Saharan steppe and woodlands