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Lycaon sekowei

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Suborder
  
Caniformia

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Carnivora

Family
  
Canidae

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Similar
  
Lycaon, Carnivores, Xenocyon, Canis cedazoensis, Armbruster's wolf

Lycaon sekowei is an extinct canid species from southern Africa that lived during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs. Like L. pictus, the other species in the genus that is alive today, L. sekowei was a hypercarnivore; however, its front paws were not as specialized for running.

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Lycaon sekowei Wikipedia