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Lycaon
Lycaon
Translingual

Lycaon pictus
Proper noun
Lycaon m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – The hyena-like African wild dog and its extinct relative.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Canidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Lycaon pictus - sole extant species; †Lycaon sekowei - extinct species