In Greek mythology, Lycaon (/laɪˈkeɪɒn/; Attic Greek: Λυκάων, Lukáо̄n, Attic Greek: [ly.kǎː.ɔːn]) was a king of Arcadia who, in the most popular version...
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African wild dog (redirect from Lycaon pictus somalicus)
The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also known as the painted dog or Cape hunting dog, is a wild canine native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest...
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Eastern wolf (redirect from Canis lupus lycaon)
The eastern wolf (Canis lycaon or Canis lupus lycaon or Canis rufus lycaon), also known as the timber wolf, Algonquin wolf and eastern timber wolf, is...
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and the cycle is renewed.[citation needed] Despite the name "fisher", the animal is not known to eat fish. The name is instead related to the word "fitch"...
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they all have 78 chromosomes. The group includes genus Canis, Cuon, and Lycaon. The members are the dog (C. lupus familiaris), gray wolf (C. lupus), coyote...
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giant genet 3.98 to 6.01 million years ago. Genets are slender cat-like animals with a long body, a long ringed tail, large ears, a pointed muzzle and...
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Trapping (redirect from Animal trap)
Animal trapping, or simply trapping or ginning, is the use of a device to remotely catch an animal. Animals may be trapped for a variety of purposes,...
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primates found on the island; tenrecs, rodents, lizards, birds, and other animals are also documented as prey. Mating usually occurs in trees on horizontal...
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(Canis familiaris) with a gray wolf (Canis lupus), eastern wolf (Canis lycaon), red wolf (Canis rufus), or Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) to produce...
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and African wild dog (Lycaon pictus). Newly proposed members include the red wolf (Canis rufus), and the eastern wolf (Canis lycaon), subject to a resolution...
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Cuon and Lycaon) including the dog (Canis lupus familiaris), gray wolf (Canis lupus), red wolf (Canis rufus), eastern wolf (Canis lycaon), coyote (Canis...
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Tiger (redirect from Black tiger (animal))
television channel Animal Planet, involving more than 50,000 viewers from 73 countries, the tiger was voted the world's favourite animal with 21% of the...
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Werewolf (category Mythological human–animal hybrids)
legend told by Ovid in his Metamorphoses, when Zeus visits Lycaon disguised as a common man, Lycaon wants to test if he is really a god. To that end, he kills...
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Hunting success (section Hunting success in animals)
(Lycaon pictus)". PeerJ. 8: e9866. doi:10.7717/peerj.9866. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7482643. PMID 33194359. "Long-Held Myth About Cheetahs Busted". Animals...
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Dog (redirect from Dog (animal))
29 March 2024. "Estrus and Mating in Dogs | VCA Animal Hospital | VCA Animal Hospitals". VCA Animal Hospitals. Archived from the original on 7 February...
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Wolverine (redirect from Wolverine (animal))
member of the family Mustelidae. It is a muscular carnivore and a solitary animal. The wolverine has a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion...
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Callisto (mythology) (category Metamorphoses into animals in Greek mythology)
Greek pronunciation: [kallistɔ̌ː]) was a nymph, or the daughter of King Lycaon; the myth varies in such details. She was believed to be one of the followers...
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Badger (redirect from Badger (animal))
("marten" or "badger"), and from these words the common Romance terms for the animal evolved (Italian tasso, French taisson—blaireau is now more common—Catalan...
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Chamæleon: and no other creature bearing haire doth the same, unlesse it be the Lycaon of India, which (by report) hath a maned necke. As for the Thos (which are...
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Largest wild canids (category Lists of largest animals)
"African wild dog | Canids". www.canids.org. Retrieved 2023-09-25. "ADW: Lycaon pictus: INFORMATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2018-06-10. "African...
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New Jersey: Plexus Publishing. ISBN 0-937548-08-1 "Lycaon pictus". Animal Info: Endangered animals of the world. 26 November 2005. Retrieved 11 June 2014...
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Makedon (mythology) (category Sons of Lycaon)
Lycaon. According to Apollodorus, but not present in the list of Pausanias or Hyginus, Macednus is the tenth of the fifty sons of the impious Lycaon king...
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An altar of Zeus was located at Mount Lykaion, a mountain in Arcadia. Lycaon, king of Arcadia, was said to sacrificed humans at this altar. Following...
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Begging in animals is when an animal solicits being given resources by another animal. This is usually a young animal soliciting food from their parents...
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Mongoose (redirect from Keeri (animal))
Herpestes griseus". The mammals of India; a natural history of all the animals known to inhabit continental India. London: J. Wheldon. pp. 132–134. Sterndale...
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Cat (redirect from Cat (animal))
shown at events as registered pedigreed cats, a hobby known as cat fancy. Animal population control of cats may be achieved by spaying and neutering, but...
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Gray fox (redirect from Gray fox (animal))
fox appeared in North America during the mid-Pliocene (Hemphillian land animal age) epoch 3.6 million years ago (AEO) with the first fossil evidence found...
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Xenocyon (category Animal subgenera)
reclassified into the genus Lycaon. This would form three chronospecies: Lycaon falconeri during the Late Pliocene of Eurasia, Lycaon lycaonoides during the...
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Mustelidae (section Animals of similar appearance)
kept as pets (although they require a Dangerous Wild Animals licence in the UK), or as working animals for hunting or vermin control. Others have been important...
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Red panda (redirect from Firefox (animal))
panda's Nepali name; in English, it was simply called panda, and was the only animal known under this name for more than 40 years; it became known as the red...
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