Lycaon pictus - #268
African Wild Dog
View of running pack, showing formation of two groups.
Geographic Distribution
Angola, Botswana, Cameroun, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire (?), Ethiopia, Gambia (?), Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Moçambique, Namibia, Sénégal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Recently extinct: Algeria (?), Benin, Burkina Faso (?), Burundi, Dem. Rep. Congo (?), Eritrea, Gabon, Ghana, Niger, Mauritania, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Togo.
Order/Family
Canidae
Genus
Lycaon
Specific Epithet
pictus
Image Location
South Africa, Limpopo or Mpumalanga, Kruger National Park
Image Date
1978
Photographer
GC Hickman