Lycaon sekowei
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Lycaon sekowei Temporal range: Pliocene– |
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| Fossil of Lycaon sekowei, a possible ancestor of the African wild dog | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Caniformia |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Lycaon |
| Species: | †L. sekowei |
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Lycaon sekowei Hartstone-Rose et al., 2010 |
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Lycaon sekowei is an extinct canid species from southern Africa that lived during the Pliocene and epochs. Like L. pictus, the other species in the genus that is alive today, L. sekowei was a hypercarnivore; however, its front paws were not as specialized for running.
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