African wild dog

The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) is a highly social African canid that hunts cooperatively and has a distinctive mottled coat and rounded ears.

Cooperative hunting: A hunting strategy in which individuals coordinate their actions to capture prey. Pack members pursue and exhaust prey through coordinated chases.
Canidae: The mammalian family that includes dogs, wolves, foxes, and related species. African wild dogs are highly specialized members of this family.
African wild dog conservation: Scientific and practical efforts to protect African wild dogs and their habitats. Conservation programs address the species’ small, fragmented populations.
Gray wolf: A large canid native to Eurasia and North America, living in packs and hunting varied prey. Both are cooperative hunters, but they belong to different genera and continents.
Fission–fusion society: A social structure in which groups repeatedly split into smaller units and reunite. Wild dog packs travel together but divide temporarily while foraging.
Lycaon: A genus of African canids represented today by the African wild dog. Its distinctive anatomy and behavior place the species in its own genus.
Habitat fragmentation: The division of continuous habitat into smaller, separated patches. Fragmented landscapes restrict dispersal between wild dog packs.
Dhole: An Asian wild canid that lives in packs and hunts cooperatively. The dhole is a close ecological parallel, but lives in Asia.
Regurgitative feeding: The return of swallowed food from the stomach or esophagus for consumption by another animal. Adults and helpers feed pups by regurgitating meat after hunts.
Savanna: A grassland ecosystem with scattered trees and seasonal rainfall. Open savannas provide space for long hunts and denning.

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