| Lycaon | |
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| Dogs of the genus Lycaon eat mostly meat. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Tribe: | Canini |
| Genus: | Lycaon Brookes, 1827 |
| Species | |
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L. pictus (Temminck, 1820) |
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Lycaon is a canid genus comprising two species, the extant L. pictus, known as the African wild dog, painted dog (pictus is Latin for painted), or African hunting dog; and the extinct L. sekowei.[1]