Lycaon pictus
Date 1700-1880
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Lycaon pictus
New Latin name Lycaon pictus
Common name Nederlands: Afrikaanse wilde hond
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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. |
