Reproduction

• Gestation period is 72 days
• Possibility of 12 pups at a time
• Born black and white spotted
• Only the Alpha pair are permitted to reproduce

Skeletal/Muscle System

Here's something unusual, the African Wild Dog's skeleton is more closely related to a raccoon than a dog.

 

They are also thin and muscular. 

African Wild Dog Classification

Scientific Name: Lycaon pictus

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Family: Canidae

Genus: Lycaon

Species: pictus