FUN FACTS
- The scientific name for an African Wild Dog is Lycaon pictus
- The scientific name for the African Wild dog means “painted wolf.”
- African wild dogs have huge home ranges and are constant wanderers.
- African wild dogs are intelligent and cooperative hunters. Some of the dogs run close to the prey while the others fall behind. They then take over when the front members are tired.
- No two wild dogs are marked exactly the same, making it easy to identify different individuals.
- The wild dog can live up to 10-12 years
- Individual African wild dogs can be identified by their unique coat pattern
- African wild dogs hunt in groups and can bring down wildebeest weighing up to 250 kg!