Lycaon pictus Temminck 1820 (African wild dog)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative combination: Hyaena picta
Belongs to Lycaon according to D. Geraads 2011
See also Peters 1990, Steudel and Beattie 1993, van Gelder 1978 and Wang et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Lycaon magnus, Lycaon sekowei
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), Kenya (2), Morocco (1), South Africa (5), Tanzania (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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