Lycaon sekowei | |
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Fossil of Lycaon sekowei, a possible ancestor of the African wild dog | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Genus: | Lycaon |
Species: | †L. sekowei Hartstone-Rose et al., 2010 |
Lycaon sekowei is an extinct canid species from southern Africa that lived during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs.[1] Like L. pictus, the other species in the genus that is alive today, L. sekowei was a hypercarnivore; however, its front paws were not as specialized for running.[1]