African hunting dog

English thumb|An African hunting dog (Lycaon pictus pictus subspecies). Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-African hunting dog.wav Southern England Noun en Q173651 en canid A wild canid, Lycaon pictus species, typically black, white and tan, found in Tanzania, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa. en African wild dog Cape hunting dog painted dog painted hunting dog painted wolf Usage notes Despite its ubiquity, the term African wild dog is generally deprecated in conservationist circles, due the negative connotations of wild dog (e.g. suggesting that they are feral domestic dogs). African hunting dog is similarly discouraged as it may create the false impression that these are a breed of domestic dog. Terms like en painted hound or en painted wolf are being preferred.Blades B. 2020 What's in a name? An evidence-based approach to understanding the implications of vernacular name on conservation of the painted dog (Lycaon pictus) Language & Ecology 2019–2020 1–27 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344464990Scott Jonathan Painted Wolves: Wild Dogs of the Serengeti-Mara Viking Press 1991 0241124859 8Kristof N. D. Every (wild) dog has its day The New York Times 2010 https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/opinion/15kristof.html 18 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20250903012647/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/opinion/15kristof.html 3 September 2025https://paintedwolf.org/ The Painted Wolf Foundation - A Wild Dog's Life The Painted Wolf Foundation 7 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20260608195557/https://paintedwolf.org/ 8 June 2026 Translations Lycaon pictus Afrikaans: af wildehond Amharic: am ታኩላ takula, am ኣውሬ ውሻ Arabic: ar سِمْع m, ar كَلْبٌ بَرِّيٌّ إِفْرِيقِيٌّ m Ateso: teo apeete Baatonum: bba dɛmaku Barikewa: jbk liduma Bulgarian: bg хиеново куче Burmese: my အာဖရိက တောခွေး Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 非洲野犬 Fēizhōu yěquǎn, cmn 非洲獵犬 Fēizhōu lièquǎn, cmn 雜色狼 zásèláng, cmn 非洲豺犬 Fēizhōu cháiquǎn Czech: cs pes hyenový Danish: da afrikansk vildhund, da hyænehund c Esperanto: eo makul-likaono Finnish: fi hyeenakoira, fi savannikoira French: fr lycaon m Gen: gej là̰klé German: de Afrikanischer Wildhund m Greek: el λυκάων, el Αφρικανικό αγριόσκυλο, el Αφρικανικό κυνηγόσκυλο Hebrew: he זְאֵב טָלוּא ze’év talu Hehe: heh ligwami Italian: it licaone m Japanese: ja リカオン rikaon Kalenjin: kln suyo Kamba: kam nzui Kazakh: kk қорқау ит Khoekhoe: naq !Gaub Kikuyu: ki mũthige c3, ki njũi c9 c10 Malay: ms anjing pemburu Afrika, ms anjing liar Afrika Nawdm: nmz lakŋa Ndebele: Northern Ndebele: nd iganyana iketsi leKapa Nyaturu: rim mbughi Polish: pl likaon m; pl likaon pstry m Portuguese: pt mabeco m, pt cão selvagem africano m Russian: ru гиенови́дная соба́ка f, ru гие́новая соба́ка f Rwanda-Rundi: rw Ibingira Shona: sn mhumhi Slovak: sk pes hyenovitý Somali: so Weer Spanish: es licaón Swahili: sw mbwa mwitu Vietnamese: vi chó hoang châu Phi (vi 㹥荒洲非) Wolof: wo saafaandu saafaandu gi Xhosa: xh ixhwili Zulu: zu inkentshane See also en African Bush Dog References