African wild dog skull
Date 1974
Source The carnivores of West Africa
Author Donovan Reginald Rosevear, 1900-1986
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosevear_African_wild_dog_skull.png
The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also known as African hunting dog, African painted dog, Cape hunting dog or painted wolf, is a canid native to Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest of its family in Africa, and the only extant member of the genus Lycaon. The majority of the species' population now occurs in Southern Africa and southern East Africa. |