Listen to the African wild dog
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About the African wild dog
The African wild dog is a mammal in the family Canidae (order Carnivora). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “endangered”.
What does the African wild dog sound like?
Mammals produce sound with their larynx, from deep roars and rumbles to squeaks, barks, howls and – in bats, whales and dolphins – ultrasonic clicks used for echolocation.
The recordings here are labelled as lycaon pictus hoo-sound. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also called painted dog and Cape hunting dog, is a wild canine native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest wild canine in Africa and the only extant member of the genus Lycaon, which is distinguished from Canis by dentition highly specialised for a hypercarnivorous diet and by a lack of dewclaws.
An estimated 6,600 adults (including 1,400 mature individuals) live in 39 subpopulations, all threatened by habitat fragmentation, human persecution, and outbreaks of disease. As the largest subpopulation probably consists of fewer than 250 individuals, the African wild dog has been listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List since 1990.
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Frequently asked questions
What does an African wild dog sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the African wild dog on this page, including its lycaon pictus hoo-sound. Mammals produce sound with their larynx, from deep roars and rumbles to squeaks, barks, howls and – in bats, whales and dolphins – ultrasonic clicks used for echolocation.
Is the African wild dog endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the African wild dog as “endangered”.
What family does the African wild dog belong to?
The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) belongs to the family Canidae in the order Carnivora.
Sources & credits
- Lycaon pictus hoo-sound by Elsa Sandoval, Stichting Painted Dog Conservation – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q173651 – CC0
- Wikipedia: African wild dog – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Peter Ruckstuhl at German Wikipedia – CC BY-SA 3.0