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African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), gemsbok (Oryx gazella)
Subject: African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), gemsbok (Oryx gazella)
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African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), gemsbok (Oryx gazella)


Gemsbok fleeing African wild dogs
Date 1894
Source Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools
Author Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gemsbokvsdogs.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.

The gemsbok or gemsbuck (Oryx gazella) is a large antelope in the Oryx genus. It is native to the arid regions of Southern Africa, such as the Kalahari Desert.

Cape hunting dog
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