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West African wild dog

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Short description: Subspecies of carnivore

West African wild dog
West African wild dog
Scientific classification e
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Animalia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Chordata
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Mammalia
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Carnivora
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Canidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Lycaon
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">L. pictus
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">L. p. manguensis
Trinomial name
Lycaon pictus manguensis
Matschie, 1915
Synonyms
Lycaon pictus mischlichi (Matschie, 1915)

The West African wild dog (Lycaon pictus manguensis) is a subspecies of the African wild dog native to West Africa.[2] It is classified as Critically Endangered by IUCN,[3] as it was estimated that 70 adult individuals are left in the wild.

The West African wild dog used to be widespread from western to central Africa, from Senegal to Nigeria. Now only two subpopulations survive: one in the Niokolo-Koba National Park of Senegal and the other in the W National Park of Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger.[1][4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q20907545 entry






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