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  2. Lycaon (genus) - Wikipedia

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    Bahasa Melayu; Polski; ... Lycaon is a genus of canid which includes the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) and the extinct species Lycaon sekowei and Lycaon magnus.

  3. African wild dog - Wikipedia

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    The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also known as the painted dog or Cape hunting dog, is a wild canine native to sub-Saharan Africa.It is the largest wild canine in Africa, and the only extant member of the genus Lycaon, which is distinguished from Canis by dentition highly specialised for a hypercarnivorous diet and by a lack of dewclaws.

  4. Category:African wild dogs - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the African wild dog, a canine native to sub-Saharan Africa.It is the largest indigenous canine in Africa, and the only extant member of the genus Lycaon, which is distinguished from Canis by dentition highly specialised for a hypercarnivorous diet, and a lack of dewclaws.

  5. Lycaon sekowei - Wikipedia

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    Lycaon sekowei is an extinct canid species from southern Africa that lived during the early Pleistocene epoch, dating from 2 to 1 million years ago. [1] [2]Hartstone-Rose and colleagues claimed that L. sekowei was a hypercarnivore just like the modern African wild dog (L. pictus), though its front paws were not as specialized for running.

  6. Eastern wolf - Wikipedia

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    The eastern wolf (Canis lycaon [5] or Canis lupus lycaon [6] [7]), also known as the timber wolf, [8] Algonquin wolf and eastern timber wolf, [9] is a canine of debated taxonomy native to the Great Lakes region and southeastern Canada.

  7. Xenocyon - Wikipedia

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    Xenocyon ("strange dog") is an extinct group of canids, either considered a distinct genus [2] or a subgenus of Canis.The group includes Canis (Xenocyon) africanus, Canis (Xenocyon) antonii and Canis (Xenocyon) falconeri that gave rise to Canis (Xenocyon) lycanoides. [3]

  8. Lycaon - Wikipedia

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    Lycaon, a genus containing one extant species, the African wild dog; Canis lupus lycaon, the eastern wolf; Hyponephele lycaon, the dusky meadow brown butterfly;

  9. Lupulella - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, a workshop hosted by the IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group recommends that because DNA evidence shows the side-striped jackal (Canis adustus) and black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) to form a monophyletic lineage that sits outside of the Canis/Cuon/Lycaon clade, that they should be placed in a distinct genus, Lupulella (Hilzheimer ...