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Other Names: English:  Cape hunting dog, painted dog; French: lycaon, cynhyène, loup-peint; German: hyänenhund, Italian:  licaone; Spanish: licaon; Indigenous names: Afrikaans: wildehond (Namibia, So. Africa).

Status: Endangered (2004)

Species Account:   (355 K)

Reports/Papers:

Saleni et al. 2007. Refuges in time: temporal avoidance of interference competition in endangered wild dogs Lycaon pictus. Canid News Online 10.2.
Richmond-Coggan, L. 2006. Assessing wildlife distribution and population trends in the greater Mara ecosystem, Kenya: the synergistic effects of landscapes and threats (3 MB pdf)
Tools for AWD conservation The IUCN Canid Specialist Group
African Wild Dog Action Plan (pdf or html)
Hartwig, S. 2005. Individual acoustic identification as a non-invasive conservation tool: an approach to the conservation of the African wild dog Lycaon pictus (Temminck,1820). Bioacoustics 15:35-50.

Relevant Links: 

• The Painted Dog Research Project  (Zimbabwe)  
• African Wild Dog Conservancy (Kenya) 
• Arkive (lots of images and movies of African wild dogs)
• African Wild Dog Conservation and Reintroduction Project  (South Africa)

African wild dog - (c) Chris and Tilde Stuart

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