The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), [Here as Hyaena Dog] also called the painted dog, or Cape hunting dog, is 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. From the Book Dogs, Jackals, Wolves and Foxes A Monograph of The Canidae [from Latin, canis, "dog") is a biological family of dog-like carnivorans. A member of this family is called a canid] By George Mivart, with woodcuts and 4

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The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), [Here as Hyaena Dog] also called the painted dog, or Cape hunting dog, is 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. From the Book Dogs, Jackals, Wolves and Foxes A Monograph of The Canidae [from Latin, canis, "dog") is a biological family of dog-like carnivorans. A member of this family is called a canid] By George Mivart, with woodcuts and 45 coloured plates drawn from nature by J. G. Keulemans and Hand-Coloured. Published by R. H. Porter, London, 1890

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