Cape hunting dog

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Noun1.Cape hunting dog - a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packsCape hunting dog - a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled area
African hunting dog, hyena dog, Lycaon pictus
wild dog - any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves
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The main predators of the nyala are lion, leopard and the Cape hunting dog. Mating peaks during spring and autumn, and after a gestation of seven months, a single calf is born.
On this cover: volume 18 no 4 - 2013 Nyala issue
We might have been influenced by a recent wildlife documentary, but we chose the African Cape hunting dog. They're not the prettiest animal in the world, but beauty can only be skin deep at times.
One man and his dogs...cats, ponies and sheep
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