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African Wild Dog

Lycaon Brookes 1827

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Lycaon Brookes 1827
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Lycaon
Recognized by Fitzpatrick Institute of Ornithology Virtual Museum
Lycaon
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Lycaon
Recognized by AnAge articles, Kissling et al, 2014, and Furui 2020
Lycaon Brookes 1827
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Alternative Names

Lycaon
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, Wildfinder (WWF), Pantheria, Milk Composition of Non Dairy Animals, GBIF national node type records UK, Mozambique Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, Paleobiology Database, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Kappeler et al 2013, Lukas and Clutton Brock 2014, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group

Common Names

English

African Wild Dog preferred
Recognized by Fitzpatrick Institute of Ornithology Virtual Museum
African wild dogs preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Afrikaans

Wildehonde preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Arabic

سمع (جنس) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

хиенови кучета preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

猎狗属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
非洲野犬属 preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Finnish

savannikoirat preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

German

Afrikanische Wildhunde preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Λυκάων (γένος) preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Λυκάων preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Italian

Licaone preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
Cane selvatico africano preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Japanese

リカオン属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Korean

리카온속 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
아프리카들개속 preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Polish

Likaon preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
likaon preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Portuguese

Cão-selvagem africano preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Russian

Гиеновидные собаки preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
Гиеновые собаки
prefer
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Unspecified

idevoleem preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

猎狗属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
非洲野犬属 preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Zh Tw

獵狗屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Lycaon Brookes 1827

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Carnivora
Caniformia
Canidae
Lycaon Brookes 1827 (this page)
Lycaon pictus (Temminck 1820)
Atelocynus Cabrera 1940
Canis Linnaeus 1758
Cerdocyon C. E. H. Smith 1839
Chrysocyon C. E. H. Smith 1839
Cuon Hodgson 1838
Cynotherium Studiati 1857
Dusicyon C. E. H. Smith 1839
Lycalopex Burmeister 1854
Nyctereutes Temminck 1838
Otocyon Müller 1836
Protocyon Giebel 1855
Speothos Lund 1839
Theriodictis Mercerat 1891
Urocyon Baird 1857
Vulpes Frisch 1775

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Caniformia Kretzoi 1938
Canidae Fischer 1817
Lycaon Brookes 1827 (this page)
Lycaon pictus (Temminck 1820)
Atelocynus Cabrera 1940
Canis Linnaeus 1758
Cerdocyon C. E. H. Smith 1839
Chrysocyon C. E. H. Smith 1839
Cuon Hodgson 1838
Dusicyon C. E. H. Smith 1839
Lycalopex Burmeister 1854
Nyctereutes Temminck 1838
Otocyon Müller 1836
Speothos Lund 1839
Urocyon Baird 1857
Vulpes Frisch 1775

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Lycaon Brookes 1827 (this page)
Lycaon pictus (Temminck 1820)
Atelocynus Cabrera 1940
Canis Linnaeus 1758
Cerdocyon C. E. H. Smith 1839
Chrysocyon C. E. H. Smith 1839
Cuon Hodgson 1838
Cynotherium Studiati 1857
Dusicyon C. E. H. Smith 1839
Lycalopex Burmeister 1854
Nyctereutes Temminck 1838
Otocyon Müller 1836
Protocyon Giebel 1855
Speothos Lund 1839
Theriodictis Mercerat 1891
Urocyon Baird 1857
Vulpes Frisch 1775

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Lycaon Brookes 1827 (this page)
Lycaon pictus (Temminck 1820)
Atelocynus Cabrera 1940
Canis Linnaeus 1758
Cerdocyon C. E. H. Smith 1839
Chrysocyon C. E. H. Smith 1839
Cuon Hodgson 1838
Cynotherium Studiati 1857
Dusicyon C. E. H. Smith 1839
Lycalopex Burmeister 1854
Nyctereutes Temminck 1838
Otocyon Müller 1836
Protocyon Giebel 1855
Speothos Lund 1839
Theriodictis Mercerat 1891
Urocyon Baird 1857
Vulpes Frisch 1775

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Canidae
Lycaon Brookes 1827 (this page)
Lycaon pictus (Temminck 1820)
Aelurodon Leidy 1858
Alopex Kaup 1829
Archaeocyon Wang, Tedford & Taylor 1999
Arctotherium Bravard 1857
Atelocynus Cabrera 1940
Bassariscops Peterson 1928
Borophagus Cope 1892
Caedocyon Xiaoming Wang 1994
Canis Linnaeus 1758
Carpocyon Webb 1969
Cerdocyon C. E. H. Smith 1839
Chrysocyon C. E. H. Smith 1839
Cormocyon Wang & Tedford 1992
Cubacyon Arredondo & Varona 1974
Cuon Hodgson 1838
Cynarctoides Mc Grew 1938
Cynarctus Matthew 1902
Cynodesmus Scott 1893
Cynotherium Studiati 1857
Desmocyon Wang, Tedford & Taylor 1999
Dusicyon C. E. H. Smith 1839
Dysodus Cope 1879
Ectopocynus Xiaoming Wang 1994
Enhydrocyon Cope 1879
Epicyon Leidy 1858
Eucyon Tedford & Qiu 1996
Euoplocyon Matthew 1924
Hesperocyon Scott 1890
Leptocyon Matthew 1918
Lycalopex Burmeister 1854
Mesocyon Scott 1890
Metalopex Tedford & Wang 2008
Metatomarctus Wang, Tedford & Taylor 1999
Microtomarctus Wang, Tedford & Taylor 1999
Neovulpavus Wortman 1901
Nyctereutes Temminck 1838
Osbornodon Wang 1994
Osteoborus Stirton & Vanderhoof
Otarocyon Wang, Tedford & Taylor 1999
Otocyon Müller 1836
Oxetocyon Green 1954
Paracynarctus Wang, Tedford & Taylor 1999
Paraenhydrocyon Xiaoming Wang 1994
Paratomarctus Wang, Tedford & Taylor 1999
Philotrox Merriam 1906
Phlaocyon Matthew 1899
Procynodictis Wortman & Matthew 1899
Prohesperocyon Xiaoming Wang 1994
Protepicyon Wang, Tedford & Taylor 1999
Protocyon Giebel 1855
Protomarctus Wang, Tedford & Taylor 1999
Psalidocyon Wang, Tedford & Taylor 1999
Pseudalopex (Burmeister 1856)
Rhizocyon Wang, Tedford & Taylor 1999
Speothos Lund 1839
Sunkahetanka Macdonald 1963
Synagodus Cope 1879
Theriodictis Mercerat 1891
Tomarctus Cope 1873
Urocyon Baird 1857
Vulpes Frisch 1775
Xenocyon Kretzoi 1938

iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Life
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Laurasiatheria
Carnivora
Canidae
Lycaon (this page)
Lycaon pictus
Aenocyon
Atelocynus
Canis
Cerdocyon
Chrysocyon
Cuon
Dusicyon
Lupulella
Lycalopex
Nyctereutes
Otocyon
Speothos
Urocyon
Vulpes

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Caniformia Kretzoi 1938
Canidae Fischer 1817
Lycaon Brookes 1827 (this page)
Lycaon pictus (Temminck 1820)
Atelocynus Cabrera 1940
Canis Linnaeus 1758
Cerdocyon C. E. H. Smith 1839
Chrysocyon C. E. H. Smith 1839
Cuon Hodgson 1838
Dusicyon C. E. H. Smith 1839
Lycalopex Burmeister 1854
Nyctereutes Temminck 1838
Otocyon Müller 1836
Speothos Lund 1839
Urocyon Baird 1857
Vulpes Frisch 1775

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Carnivora
Caniformia
Canidae
Lycaon (this page)
Lycaon pictus
Atelocynus
Canis
Cerdocyon
Chrysocyon
Cuon
Dusicyon
Lycalopex
Nyctereutes
Otocyon
Speothos
Urocyon
Vulpes

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Exafroplacentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Fereuungulata
Ferae
Carnivora
Caniformia
Canidae
Lycaon (this page)
Lycaon africanus
Lycaon pictus
Lycaon sekowei
Alopex
Atelocynus
Borophaginae
Caninae
Canini
Canis
Cerdocyon
Chrysocyon
Cormocyon
Cubacyon
Cuon
Cynalicus
Dusicyon
Eucyon
Hesperocyoninae
Lupulella
Lycalopex
Mececyon
Megacyon
Metalopex
Neocynodesmus
Otocycon
Otocyon
Otocyoninae
Paratomarctus
Protocyon
Pseudalopex
Speothos
Theriodictis
Urocyon
Vulpini
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