African dog

“Rikaon,” a wild African hunting dog, Kruger National Park, South Africa. The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also known as African hunting dog or painted wolf, is a canid native to sub-Saharan Africa. Listed as endangered.

The African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus), also called painted dog, painted wolf, or Cape hunting dog, is a species of canid native to Southern and Eastern Africa. They are one of the most successful predators on the African savanna, and have a 80% kill rate, which is far more superior than the kill rate of other predators like the 25% kill rate of lions. However, they are highly afraid of lions, who will kill wild dogs because of predatory competition, since both of them go for the same prey…

Wayne Marinovich - Wildlife Photographer and Author. Photographing the wonderful nature on the planet and writing about it

Majestic and vigilant, the wild dog stands sentinel over its vast, untamed kingdom.

African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) / Lycaon / Image by hendriventer (HendriVenter Photography) from instagram

Last portrait of an African wild dog!