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Kingdom: Animalia - Multicellular and depend on other organisms for nutrition

Phylum: Chordata - Have a tail , bony skeleton and bilateral symmetry

Class:    Mammalia - Have hair and produce milk, can range in many sizes

Order:    Carnivora - “flesh eating” groups as dogs, cats, bears, and seals.

Family:    Canidae full set of teeth, dog like animals

Genus: Lycaon

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Kingdom:Animalia Eumetazoa:metazoans Phylum:Chordata
Craniata: craniates     Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Gnathostomata      Class:Mammalia Subclass: Theria       Infraclass: Eutheria Order:Carnivora.        Suborder: Caniformia Family: Canidae      Genus: Lycaon.
Species Lycaon pictus

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Name means 'painted wolf-like animal' in Greek. All have different patterns of black brown yellow red white spots. They have short fur and their dark skin can sometimes be seen. Most of the time the furs on their heads are dark and the tips of their hairy tails are white. Their bodies resemble one of a dog and the males and females tend to be the same size.

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Located in south of the Sahara Desert in Africa.

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Live for around 10 years. Normally have one mate and mature sexually at 12-18 months but dont mate until later in life. Can have a 2-20 pups but can average of 8.

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Grasslands, woodlands, savannahs and semi-desert or even mountainous areas open, don't live in jungle areas.

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Stay in packs with up to 40 members , most now only have around 7-15. There is a alpha male and female , most pasks have more males then females. Females tend to leave the pack to join other packs that dont have adult females at 2 ½ . Half of the male pups will stay with thier fathers pack and others will branch off to star their own pack. All members work together to take care of one another, escpecilly the sick and young. When returning from a hunt the young are fed and others that were not able to go hunt. They are very loving and fights rarley happen but when they do its probly between females concerning breeding rights.They hunt in the morning or early evening. They will hunt at night if the moon is out and bright. They go off of sight not smell. They chase thier pray and can even gut the prey while it is running. Vagengers can be around when eating pray but not hyeenas, they may kill them if they dont go away.

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They help regulate other population sizes.

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Preying on livestock.

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There are less than 7,000 alive.

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Mainly take on animals twice their size like antelope wildebeest and zebra. They may prey on small animals individually. Lions may eat them.

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These wandering animals kill livestocks sometimes and are susceptible to diseases from domestic animals. These animals don’t stay in one place but it’s has gotten to the point where even their roaming space is decreasing tremendously. Humans overpopulating with roads, settlements and agricultural has taken roaming space which has the biggest impact of the African wild dogs becoming extinct. Once again humans have made things to better our lives putting African wild dogs and many other animals at risk of extinction. Making certain spaces designated just for these and other animals could help but because they are not terrestrial it may not.

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In Zimbabwe there is a Painted Dog Conservation. This is a place where people does not have great income so poaching is a source of income. They dogs are used as food and killed for money. People working here try to provide better sources of income for the people around so the African Wild Dog can be cherished.

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“African Wild Dog.” A-Z Animals - Animal Facts, Pictures and Resources, a-z-animals.com/animals/african-wild-dog/.

Mulheisen, Michael, and Crystal Allen. “Lycaon Pictus (African Wild Dog).” Animal Diversity Web, animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lycaon_pictus/.

“African Wild Dog Videos, Photos and Facts.” Arkive, www.arkive.org/african-wild-dog/lycaon-pictus/.

“AWF – African Wild Dog.” African Wildlife Foundation, 30 Jan. 2015, www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/african-wild-dog.