African wild dog

species of canid native to Sub-Saharan Africa

Taxon taxon Q173651

Facts

18 properties

Instance of: taxon
Short name: L. pictus^[14]
Bite force quotient: +142^[32]
Described by source: The role of integumental glands in the social and mating behaviour of the hunting dog Lycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820), Crucial importance of pack size in the African wild dog Lycaon pictus, PREY PREFERENCES OF THE AFRICAN WILD DOG LYCAON PICTUS (CANIDAE: CARNIVORA): ECOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSERVATION, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Pauly–Wissowa^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
Different from: Lycaon, Hyaenidae^[29]^[30]
Gestation period: +70^[31]
Has characteristic: viviparity^[13]
IUCN conservation status: endangered^[3]
Image harvest run: pdhero-20261109T023118Z
Image last checked license: CC BY 3.0
Image unavailable reason: no_pd_license
Longest observed lifespan: +17^[33]
Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology^[34]
Original combination: Hyaena picta^[12]
Parent taxon: Lycaon^[4]
Taxon common name: African wild dog, Licaon, Cynhyene, Loup-peint, Lycaon, African Wild Dog, Cape Hunting Dog, Painted Hunting Dog, African Hunting Dog, African Painted Wolf, Hunting Dog, Afrikanischer Wildhund, ixhwili, likaon, simir, likaon pstry, licaón, licaone^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]
Taxon name: Lycaon pictus^[5]
Taxon rank: species^[2]

🏷️ Also known as

en African wild dog en hyena dog en Lycaon pictus en painted dog en African painted dog ar الكلاب البرية الافريقية ar السِّمْعُ ar كلب بري إفريقي ar سمع (حيوان) ar الكلاب الإفريقية البرية ar حيوان السمع cs pes hyenovitý cs Lycaon pictus cs Pes hyenový da Afrikansk vildhund da Lycaon pictus da hyænehund de Hyänenhund de Afrikanischer Wildhund el Λυκάων

🔖 Identifiers · 47

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Lycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820).jpg ↗
ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID: 1005960
BBC Things ID: 8bb02cbb-be82-4f6b-a66c-dd2def9e0389
BOLD Systems taxon ID: 174679
CMS ID: lycaon-pictus
CalPhotos taxon ID: Lycaon+pictus
Catalogue of Life ID: 73256
De Agostini ID: licàone+o+licaóne
ECOS ID: 3925
Encyclopedia of Life ID: 328697
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: animal/African-hunting-dog
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: lycaon

Show all 47 identifiers +35

Fossilworks taxon ID: 231463
Freebase ID: /m/02twvh
GBIF taxon ID: 5219317
GenBank assembly accession number: GCA_001887905.1, GCA_001883655.1
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: afrikansk_villhund, hyenehund
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 2359643
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID: gienovaia-sobaka-6799d9
INaturalist taxon ID: 42093
IRMNG ID: 10591018
ITIS TSN: 183833
IUCN taxon ID: 12436
Interlingual Index ID: i46565
Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID: 75889
KBpedia ID: AfricanWildDog
Lex ID: hyænehund
Library of Congress Children's Subject Headings ID: sj2021059052
MSW ID: 14000818
NCBI taxonomy ID: 9622
NL CR AUT ID: ph451644
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007541049105171
Observation.org taxon ID: 82121
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3932570
Open Tree of Life ID: 821953
Paleobiology Database taxon ID: 231463
Reddit topic ID: african_wild_dog
Sequenced genome URL: www.dnazoo.org
Tierstimmenarchiv ID: 9740
Topic's main category: Category:Lycaon pictus
UMLS CUI: C0324997
Vikidia article ID: fr:Lycaon_(animal)
WikiKids ID: Afrikaanse_wilde_hond
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 02119390-n
Xeno-canto species ID: Lycaon-pictus
YSO ID: 15272
Yale LUX ID: concept/9bd09db7-a5bd-49db-9413-6a61f43985db

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← Species kept 18

London Zoo, Bronx Zoo, Los Angeles Zoo, Chester Zoo, Adelaide Zoo, Zoo Miami, Denver Zoo, Honolulu Zoo +10 more

← Parent taxon 5

Somali wild dog, West African wild dog, Cape wild dog, Chadian wild dog, East African wild dog

Described by source 2

Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Pauly–Wissowa

Different from 2

Hyaenidae, Lycaon

IUCN conservation status 1

endangered

Instance of 1

taxon

Parent taxon 1

Lycaon

Taxon rank 1

species

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Hyaenidae

← Enemy 1

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Summary

African wild dog is a taxon^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ African wild dog — taxon rank (P105): species. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ African wild dog — IUCN conservation status (P141): Endangered status. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved 2023-01-02. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ African wild dog — parent taxon (P171): Lycaon. Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved 2015-09-19. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ African wild dog — taxon name (P225): Lycaon pictus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ African wild dog — described by source (P1343): The role of integumental glands in the social and mating behaviour of the hunting dog Lycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820). wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ African wild dog — described by source (P1343): Crucial importance of pack size in the African wild dog Lycaon pictus. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ African wild dog — described by source (P1343): PREY PREFERENCES OF THE AFRICAN WILD DOG LYCAON PICTUS (CANIDAE: CARNIVORA): ECOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSERVATION. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ African wild dog — described by source (P1343): Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947). wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ African wild dog — described by source (P1343): Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ African wild dog — described by source (P1343): Pauly–Wissowa. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ African wild dog — original combination (P1403): Hyaena picta. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2021-11-19. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ African wild dog — has characteristic (P1552): viviparity. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ African wild dog — short name (P1813): L. pictus. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ African wild dog — taxon common name (P1843): African wild dog. ARKive. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ African wild dog — taxon common name (P1843): Licaon. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2016-10-19. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ African wild dog — taxon common name (P1843): Cynhyene. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2016-10-20. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ African wild dog — taxon common name (P1843): Loup-peint. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2016-10-20. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ African wild dog — taxon common name (P1843): Lycaon. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2016-10-20. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ African wild dog — taxon common name (P1843): Cape Hunting Dog. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2016-10-21. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ African wild dog — taxon common name (P1843): Painted Hunting Dog. IUCN Red List. Retrieved 2016-10-21. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ African wild dog — taxon common name (P1843): African Hunting Dog. Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ African wild dog — taxon common name (P1843): African Painted Wolf. Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ African wild dog — taxon common name (P1843): Hunting Dog. Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ African wild dog — taxon common name (P1843): Afrikanischer Wildhund. Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ African wild dog — taxon common name (P1843): ixhwili. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ African wild dog — taxon common name (P1843): likaon. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ African wild dog — taxon common name (P1843): simir. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ African wild dog — different from (P1889): Lycaon. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ African wild dog — different from (P1889): Hyaenidae. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ African wild dog — gestation period (P3063): 70 day. Grzimeks Enzyklopädie. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ African wild dog — bite force quotient (P3485): 142. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ African wild dog — longest observed lifespan (P4214): 17 years. Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ African wild dog — maintained by WikiProject (P6104): WikiProject Invasion Biology. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ African wild dog is an instance of taxon (Q16521) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017) → 2359643

Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID → afrikansk_villhund, hyenehund

Gestation period → {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+70'}

Described by source → The role of integumental glands in the social and mating behaviour of the hunting dog Lycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820), Crucial importance of pack size in the African wild dog Lycaon pictus, PREY PREFERENCES OF THE AFRICAN WILD DOG LYCAON PICTUS (CANIDAE: CARNIVORA): ECOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSERVATION +3

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