2024
DOI: 10.1002/ar.25547
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African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) masticatory apparatus and oral cavity morphology

Heather F. Smith,
Felicia A. Rocco,
Mia A. Felix
et al.

Abstract: African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) are unique among canids in their specialized hunting strategies and social organization. Unlike other, more omnivorous canids, L. pictus is a hypercarnivore that consumes almost exclusively meat, particularly prey larger than its body size, which it hunts through cooperative, exhaustive predation tactics. Its bite force is also among the highest reported for carnivorans. Here, we dissected an adult male L. pictus specimen and conducted diffusion iodine contrast‐enhanced comput… Show more

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