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Africa Wild Dog or Painted Dog

Lycaon pictus

Photo by JenniferRoge
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Description:

Found in Africa, these wolves live in family groups usually up to 5 or 10 members. They are great hunter will a 80% success rate of killing. This is higher than lions and hyenas hunting success.
They are endangered do to natives hunting them because they are misunderstood; end up in traps made for lions and elephants; and are sometimes affected by outbreaks of viral diseases such as rabies, distemper, and parvovirus.

Habitat:

I took this photo while I was at Zoo Miami, Florida.

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