Lycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820)

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 283

Lycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820) . Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys., 3:54, pl. 35.

TYPE LOCALITY: "à la côte de Mosambique" [ Mozambique].

DISTRIBUTION: Subsaharan Africa, except in the desert area of the north and the tropical rain-forest of the west. See Ginsberg and Macdonald (1990, fig. 6) for present status of population.

STATUS: U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered.

SYNONYMS: cacondae Matschie, 1915; dieseneri Matschie, 1915; ebermaieri Matschie, 1915; fuchsi Matschie, 1915; gansseri Matschie, 1915; gobabis Matschie, 1915; hennigi Matschie, 1915; huebneri Matschie, 1915; kondoae Matschie, 1915; krebsi Matschie, 1915; lademanni Matschie, 1915; lalandei Matschie, 1915; langheldi Matschie, 1915; luchsingeri Matschie, 1915; lupinus Thomas, 1902; manguensis Matschie, 1915; mischlichi Matschie, 1915; prageri Matschie, 1912; richteri Matschie, 1915; ruppelli Matschie, 1915; ruwanae Matschie, 1915; sharicus Thomas, 1907; ssongeae Matschie, 1915; stierlingi Matschie, 1915; styxi Matschie, 1915; taborae Matschie, 1915; takanus Matschie, 1915; tricolor Brookes, 1827 ; typicus A.. Smith, 1833; venatica Burchell, 1822 ; windhorni Matschie, 1915; wintgensi Matschie, 1915; zedlitzi Matschie, 1915; zuluensis Thomas, 1904.