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Lycaon pictus (African wild dog)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Hyaena picta was named by Temminck (1820). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lycaon pictus by van Gelder (1978), Peters (1990), Steudel and Beattie (1993), Wang et al. (2008), Geraads (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Hyaena picta Temminck
1978Lycaon pictus van Gelder
1990Lycaon pictus Peters p. 85
1993Lycaon pictus Steudel and Beattie
2008Lycaon pictus Wang et al.
2011Lycaon pictus Geraads

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
genusLycaonBrookes 1827
speciespictus(Temminck 1820)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Lycaon pictus Temminck 1820 [African wild dog]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:12:21
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:12:21
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Van Valkenburgh 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Lycaon pictus (21963)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Lycaon pictus (21695 21929 21931 21956)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Morocco Lycaon pictus (22489)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Lycaon pictus (21949)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Lycaon pictus (21277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Lycaon pictus (115184)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Lycaon pictus (22067 22068)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Lycaon pictus (21690)