Lycaon pictus

(Temminck, 1820)

African Wild Dog

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Canoidea
Family : Canidae
Genus : Lycaon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys., 3, p. 54, pl. 35

Original name as described

Hyaena picta

Other common names

Painted Hunting Dog · Painted Dog

Type locality

coastal Mozambique.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Central African Republic · Chad · Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Senegal · South Africa · South Sudan · Sudan · Tanzania · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Democratic Republic of the Congo? · Cote d'Ivoire? · Guinea-Bissau? · Mali? · Nigeria? · Togo? · Uganda? · Algeria? · Guinea?

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005960

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Lycaon pictus lupinus

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Canidae

Root name

lupinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.4.26.2

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

439

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331728

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:456, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Coetzee (1971:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon pictus zuluensis

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Canidae

Root name

zuluensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.2.8.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/95479cdf-9663-4768-8503-b1763887278c

Authority page

99 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27733826

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:457, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Roberts (1913:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon pictus somalicus

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Canidae

Root name

somalicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.5.9.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ab0fe4b7-273e-42ba-89e7-29bad7690900

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27733826

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:456, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Coetzee (1971:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon pictus sharicus

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1907

Family

Canidae

Root name

sharicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.8.74

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/38dfaadc-02b2-4d2e-93ed-fa6c60dbf2c8

Authority page

375

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254835

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Lydekker (1908:457, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  2. Coetzee (1971:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon rüppelli

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

rueppelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4279

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

315

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis hyaenoides

(H. R. Schinz, 1825)

Family

Canidae

Root name

hyaenoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

340

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523757

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Canis pictus

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Canidae

Root name

pictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

170

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207638

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:170, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Cynhyœna picta

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Canidae

Root name

picta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Kynos (Canis) pictus

(Rüppell, 1842)

Family

Canidae

Root name

pictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886826

Authority publication

Museum Senckenbergianum

Lycaon pictus

Fitzinger, 1855

Family

Canidae

Root name

pictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

195

Authority publication

Vienna

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1855:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  2. Matschie (1895:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  3. Thomas (1898:931, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  4. Lydekker (1908:455, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741675) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)
  5. Roberts (1913:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  6. Zimara (1935:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67232)
  7. Coetzee (1971:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1980:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  9. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  10. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  12. Geraads (2011:441) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11706)
  13. Kingdon & Hoffman (2013:51) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27643)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  17. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12436/166502262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lycaon pictus venaticus

Lydekker, 1908

Family

Canidae

Root name

venaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

456

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741676

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Lydekker (1908:456, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18741676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39820)

Lycaon pictus manguensis

Coetzee, 1971

Family

Canidae

Root name

manguensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon pictus pictus

Coetzee, 1971

Family

Canidae

Root name

pictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

ssongaeae

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Canidae

Root name

ssongaeae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

581

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005:581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Hyaena picta

(Temminck, 1820)

Family

Canidae

Root name

pictus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

p. 54, pl. 35

Authority publication

Annales Générales des Sciences Physiques

Hyaena venatica

(Burchell, 1822)

Family

Canidae

Root name

venaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

456

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47297477

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Canis Tricolor

(J. E. Gray, 1827)

Family

Canidae

Root name

tricolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

151

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34790345

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon typicus

A. Smith, 1833

Family

Canidae

Root name

typicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968207

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon pictus prageri

Matschie, 1912

Family

Canidae

Root name

prageri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

250

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon cacondae

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

cacondae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

373

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609607

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon dieseneri

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

dieseneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

336

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon ebermaieri

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

ebermaieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

369

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609603

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon fuchsi

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

fuchsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

371

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609605

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon gansseri

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

gansseri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

340

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609574

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon gobabis

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

gobabis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

373

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609607

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon hennigi

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

hennigi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

320

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609554

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon huebneri

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

huebneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

326

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon kondoae

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

kondoae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

331

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609565

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon krebsi

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

krebsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

376

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609610

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon lademanni

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

lademanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

315

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609549

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon lalandei

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

lalandei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

310

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609544

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon langheldi

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

langheldi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

333

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609567

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon luchsingeri

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

luchsingeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

355

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609589

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon manguensis

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

manguensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

364

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609598

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Lycaon mischlichi

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

mischlichi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

366

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609600

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon richteri

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

richteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

350

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon ruwanae

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

ruwanae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

328

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609562

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon ssongeae

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

ssongeae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

317

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609551

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Lycaon stierlingi

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

stierlingi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

323

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609557

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon styxi

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

styxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

352

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609586

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon taborae

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

taborae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

344

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609578

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Lycaon takanus

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

takanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

360

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609594

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon windhorni

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

windhorni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

378

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609612

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon wintgensi

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

wintgensi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

347

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43609581

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lycaon zedlitzi

Matschie, 1915

Family

Canidae

Root name

zedlitzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

358

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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