African wild dog photography

African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) / Lycaon / Image by hendriventer (HendriVenter Photography) from instagram

“Rikaon,” a wild African hunting dog, Kruger National Park, South Africa. The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also known as African hunting dog or painted wolf, is a canid native to sub-Saharan Africa. Listed as endangered.

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African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) / Lycaon / Image by bush_maniac (Cathan Moore) from instagram

The African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus), also called painted dog, painted wolf, or Cape hunting dog, is a species of canid native to Southern and Eastern Africa. They are one of the most successful predators on the African savanna, and have a 80% kill rate, which is far more superior than the kill rate of other predators like the 25% kill rate of lions. However, they are highly afraid of lions, who will kill wild dogs because of predatory competition, since both of them go for the same prey…