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AFRICAN HUNTING DOG [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
Universal entry(ies)
Lycaon pictus
Latin
DEF

A powerful doglike mammal brightly marked in black, white and reddish yellow formerly abundant in southern and eastern Africa where it hunted in large packs but now becoming rare in settled area.

OBS

A mammal of the family Canidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Lycaon pictus
Latin
CONT

Le lycaon est une espèce de chien sauvage des plaines d'Afrique. On le reconnaît à ses grandes oreilles rondes et à sa fourrure tachetée de noir, de jaune et de blanc.

OBS

Mammifère d'Afrique, de la famille des Canidae.

Spanish

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