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African wild dog
(Lycaon pictus)[]
Species ID: 3-6-46-2427-14717
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Lycaon
Conservation status: EN - Endangered
Systems: Terrestrial
Links: IUCN Red List

Wikipedia

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[]

  • Afrotropic
  • Palearctic

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