African wild dog

phylum	Chordata	Lycaon pictus is a canid found only in Africa, especially in savannas and lightly wooded areas. It is variously called the African wild dog, African hunting dog, Cape hunting dog, painted dog, painted wolf, painted hunting dog, spotted dog, or ornate wolf. This is the largest African and, behind only the gray wolf, is the world's second largest extant wild canid. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Canidae
class	Mammalia
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Carnivora
suborder	Caniformia
family	Canidae
genus	Lycaon
species	L. pictus

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