Wild dogs are canids that appear in the Jungle Emperor Universe
Description[]
The wild dog (Lycaon pictus) (Say it: lick-WAWN pick-SHUSS), also known as the cape hunting dog, African hunting dog, or African painted dog, is one of the world’s most social and distinctive canids. The short, wiry coat is coloured in blotches of yellow, grey, black and white and gave rise to the cape hunting dog’s scientific name of Lycaon pictus, meaning ‘painted wolf-like animal’ in Greek. The hair is short on the limbs and body and longer on the neck. Each cape hunting dog has a unique colouration pattern, and this is used by researchers to identify individuals. The body is thin and muscular, the tail is bushy with a white tip and the legs are long. Males are slightly larger than females. Unlike the other canid species there are only four, rather than five, toes on the front feet. The cape hunting dog has large, rounded ears, which probably help with heat loss as well as keeping track of pack members by picking up long distance vocal signals. Cape hunting dogs hunt in groups and can bring down wildebeest weighing up to 250 kg! On average, the female cape hunting dog gives birth to 10 pups, which is the largest average litter size of any dog. Cape hunting dogs form packs of 2 to 27 individuals, but only the dominant male and female breed.
Information[]
They are one of the most successful predators on the african savanna, and have a 80% kill rate, which is far more superior than the kill rate of other predators like the 25% kill rate of lions. However, they are highly afraid of lions and hyenas, who will kill wild dogs for food and territory. So wild dogs during the day when the other predators are hunting at night. They have incredible endurance and hunt as a pack to take down prey like gazelles, impalas, wildebeest, kudus, and the occasional zebra. They often have to eat quickly to avoid other predators stealing their kill. They will then regurgitate some meat for the pups and old dogs back at the den. The alpha female is the only one to have pups, and any pups from other dogs are killed. Each dog has their own coat pattern of black, white, and tan, so they can recognize each other. Its scientific name, Lyacaon pictus, literally translates to "painted wolf".
Role[]
In Kimba the White Lion (Jungle Emperor) and Leo the Lion (Onward, Leo)[]
Wild dogs (in further episodes called wolves or lycons) have villainous roles in episodes 6, 27, and 40, they're hunters that kill other animals for food. In Rick the Lycon, the Lycons were vicious and Bascar wins the fight against Rick and became the new leader.
In The New Adventures of Kimba the White Lion[]
there are a few exceptions, the wild dogs appeared as more respected creatures, 2 wild dogs have followed Kerusaji, to stop Bubu from killing a Bushbuck, they later fight alongside all the inhabitants of Panja's Forest against the human invaders.
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