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HUNTING DOG, Lycaon pictus, an African wild dog, differ ing from the rest of the family in having only four toes on each foot, and in its blotched colora tion of ochry yellow, black, and white. The species is nearly as large as a mastiff, with long limbs, broad flat head, short muzzle, and large erect ears. These wild dogs hunt in packs, and are found in nearly the whole of Africa south and east of the Sahara.

The statement of Gordon Cum

ming that a pack "could run into the swiftest or overcome the largest and most powerful ante lope," is abundantly confirmed, and these dogs do great damage to sheep flocks. < ..

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