Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Canidae Rank Subspecies | Phylum Chordata Order Carnivora Genus Lycaon | |
Similar Somali wild dog, East African wild dog, Cape wild dog, Lycaon, Northwest African cheetah | ||
The West African wild dog (Lycaon pictus manguensis) is a subspecies of African wild dog native to West Africa. It is classified as Critically Endangered by IUCN, as it was estimated that 70 adult individuals are left in the wild.
The West African wild dog used to be widespread from western to central Africa, from Senegal to Nigeria. Now only two subpopulations survive in the Niokolo-Koba National Park of Senegal and in the W National Park of Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger.
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West African wild dog Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA