Animal directory
African Wild Dog
Care, environment, breeding and conservation records for African Wild Dog.
Identity & conservation
- Scientific name
- Lycaon pictus
- Enclosures
- Habitat
- Status
- Endangered
- Status code
- EN
- Regions
- Africa
- Biomes
- Grassland
- Edition
- Base game
- Class group
- Mammals
- Revealed
- 2026-09-22
- Status groups
- Endangered, Threatened
- Tax class
- Mammalia
- Tax family
- Canidae
- Tax genus
- Lycaon
- Tax order
- Carnivora
- Wild population
- 6,600
- Wild population count
- 6600
Habitat & enclosure
- Barrier grade
- 2
- Barrier height
- 3 m
- Climb proof
- No
- Water barrier
- No
- Temp min
- 14 °C
- Temp max
- 36 °C
- Area land min
- 930 m²
- Area land
- 930 m² + 100 m² per extra animal
- Area climbing
- Unknown
- Area deep water
- Unknown
- Area flying
- Unknown
- Area shelter
- 10 m² per animal
- Area water
- Unknown
- Humidity
- Unknown
- Plant cover
- 10-40%
- Salinity
- Unknown
- Terrain
- Sand 10-40%, Grass 20-70%, Rock 0-30%, Soil 20-70%
- Water barrier depth
- Unknown
- Water barrier width
- Unknown
Social life & breeding
- Group size
- 2-27 (up to 26 males, up to 26 females)
- Life expectancy
- 12-17 years
- Bachelor females
- 1-27
- Bachelor males
- 1-27
- Breeding difficulty
- Easy
- Gestation
- 2.5 months
- Gestation months
- 2.5 months
- Group name
- Pack
- Interbirth
- 12 months
- Interbirth months
- 12 months
- Litter label
- Litter size
- Litter size
- 1-6
- Mating season
- Summer
- Mating system
- Monogamous
- Maturity age
- 1.5 years
- Maturity years
- 1.5 years
- Shoal fish
- No
- Shoal size
- Unknown
- Sterility age
- 10 years
- Sterility years
- 10 years
Other facts
- Diet
- Nutritionally Complete Meat, Small Carcasses
- Colony size
- Unknown
- Colour morphs
- Spotless
- Dominance
- Alpha male and alpha female
- Enrichment
- Blood Scent Marker, Cardboard Box, Chew Toy, Mud Bath, Prey-scented Sack, Rubber Duck, Small Ball, Small Bubble Machine, Small Ice Ball, Tug Rope
- Exhibit types
- Unknown
- Feeders
- Bamboo Feeder, Dog Ball, Food Tray - Large, Food Tray - Small, Frozen Blood Pumpkin, Piñata Pronghorn, Piñata Zebra, Rotation Line Feeder
- Nest
- Unknown
- Offspring dispersal
- Female offspring
- Size female
- 0.64 m
- Size male
- 0.73 m
- Size max
- 0.73 m
- Size measure
- Shoulder height
- Temperature
- 14 to 36°C
- Thriving group
- Unknown
- Thriving member of
- Unknown
- Thriving with
- Unknown
- Water sources
- Ground Water Fountain - Small, Water Pipe
- Weather dislikes
- Rain and snow
- Weight female
- Unknown
- Weight female text
- Unknown
- Weight juvenile
- 6.25 kg
- Weight male
- Unknown
- Weight male text
- Unknown
Research levels
| Level | Unlocks | Research gate |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Thriving Requirement 1: Water Surface Area | Unknown |
| Level 2 | Thriving Requirement 2: Fine Sand terrain; African Wild Dog Fact Sheet | Unknown |
| Level 3 | Release groups and release to the wild | Unknown |
| Level 4 | Thriving Requirement 3: Food Grade 2; Fertility Level 1 (+15% fertility) | Before this level: an Observation Network (Observation Platform) in Great Rift Valley Reserve and this species released in Great Rift Valley Reserve |
| Level 5 | Thriving Requirement 4: at least 50% native plants | Unknown |
| Level 6 | Thriving Requirement 5: Chew Toy, at least 1; Fertility Level 2 (+30% fertility) | Unknown |
Observation network present at Great Rift Valley Reserve AND African Wild Dog released at Great Rift Valley Reserve
Valid release groups
| Group | Type | Animals |
|---|---|---|
| Mixed Pack | Mixed group | 4 to 10 males, 4 to 7 females |
Release requirements
| Requirement type | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Ecosystems Required | Savannah |
| Ecosystems Required | Either Sandy Plain or Riverine |
| Species Roles Required | Medium Prey |
(established AND (established OR established))
Savannah
Sandy Plain OR Riverine
Medium Prey
African Wild Dog2
Biomes1
Barriers at this grade4
Feeders8
Enrichment items10
Water sources2
Research levels1
Ecosystems4
Related entries127
- Uses enrichment · Mud Bath (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Cardboard Box (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Cardboard Box (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Frozen Blood Pumpkin (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Tug Rope (Requires / provides)
- Sp habitat · 1-Way Glass (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Rotavirus (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Rubber Duck (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Rubber Duck (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Salmonellosis (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Tug Rope (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Campylobacteriosis (Used by / linked from)
- African wild dog · African Wild Dog (Requires / provides)
- Lives in biome · Grassland (Requires / provides)
- Research levels · African Wild Dog (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Rubber Duck (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Piñata Zebra (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Blood Scent Marker (Used by / linked from)
- Uses water source · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Small Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Avian Influenza (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Corrugated (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Mud Bath (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Piñata Zebra (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Piñata Zebra (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Q Fever (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Food Tray - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Food Tray - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Prey-scented Sack (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Small Bubble Machine (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Small Ball (Requires / provides)
- Water sources · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Requires / provides)
- African wild dog · African Wild Dog (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Rotation Line Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Rubber Duck (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Piñata Pronghorn (Requires / provides)
- Release requires ecosystem · Savannah · Savannah (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Corrugated (Requires / provides)
- Release requires ecosystem · Sandy Plain · Sandy Plain OR Riverine (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Dog Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Frozen Blood Pumpkin (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Food Tray - Large (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Food Tray - Large (Requires / provides)
- Ecosystems · African Wild Dog (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Food Tray - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · MRSA (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Piñata Pronghorn (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · Chain Link (Requires / provides)
- Has release groups · African Wild Dog (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Mud Bath (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Rope Netting (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Tularemia (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Bamboo Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Animals given as rewards · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Biomes · Grassland (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Listeriosis (Used by / linked from)
- Objectives · A Penny Learned (Used by / linked from)
- Reward species · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Small Ice Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Dog Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Rotation Line Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Chew Toy (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Chain Link (Used by / linked from)
- Zoopedia entry · African Wild Dog (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Rotation Line Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Small Ball (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Frozen Blood Pumpkin (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Canine Distemper Virus (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Rope Netting (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Bamboo Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Food Tray - Small (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Chew Toy (Requires / provides)
- Uses water source · Water Pipe (Requires / provides)
- Zoopedia entry · African Wild Dog (Used by / linked from)
- Ecosystems · Savannah (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Small Bubble Machine (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Small Bubble Machine (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Prey-scented Sack (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Botulism Toxicosis (Used by / linked from)
- Researches species · African Wild Dog (Used by / linked from)
- Water sources · Water Pipe (Requires / provides)
- Animals by grade · Chain Link (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Blood Scent Marker (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Bamboo Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Has research · African Wild Dog (Requires / provides)
- Ecosystems · Sandy Plain (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Chew Toy (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Frozen Blood Pumpkin (Requires / provides)
- Animals by grade · Rope Netting (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Chew Toy (Used by / linked from)
- Animals in this biome · Grassland (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Dog Ball (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Water Pipe (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · 1-Way Glass (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Prey-scented Sack (Used by / linked from)
- Release requires ecosystem · Riverine · Sandy Plain OR Riverine (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Grassland (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Tug Rope (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Food Tray - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Glanders (Used by / linked from)
- Species that count · Cats and Dogs (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Small Ice Ball (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Small Bubble Machine (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Mud Bath (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · 1-Way Glass (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Blood Scent Marker (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Piñata Zebra (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Bordetellosis (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Dog Ball (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Cowpox Virus (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Piñata Pronghorn (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Cardboard Box (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Bamboo Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Piñata Pronghorn (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Small Ice Ball (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Rotation Line Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Small Ice Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Corrugated (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Food Tray - Small (Requires / provides)
- Asked species · Animal Reintroduction projects (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Blood Scent Marker (Requires / provides)
- Ecosystems · Riverine (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Cardboard Box (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Small Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Prey-scented Sack (Used by / linked from)
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