| Biological classification: |
- kingdom: Animalia
- - phylum: Chordata
- -- class: Mammalia
- --- order: Carnivora
- ---- family: Canidae
- ----- species: Lycaon pictus
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| Characteristics: | carnivore; height: 75cm; these canids have a short dark snout and large, round ears; the body and legs are white with yellow, brown and black blotches, the bushy tail is white; the pattern and colour differs among individuals; down the centre of the forehead is a dark stripe; |
| Countries: |
- BW
- Botswana
- MZ
- Mozambique
- NA
- Namibia
- ZA
- South Africa
- ZW
- Zimbabwe
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| Ecoregions: |
- AT0709
- Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
- AT0717
- Southern Africa bushveld
- AT0719
- Southern Miombo woodlands
- AT0725
- Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
- AT0726
- Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
- AT1309
- Kalahari xeric savanna
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| References: | Cillié 1997: 130 |
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