Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Familia: Canidae
Genus: Lycaon
Species: L. pictus - †L. sekowei
Name
Lycaon Brookes, 1827
Type species: Lycaon tricolor Brookes, 1827 (= Hyaena picta Temminck, 1820) by monotypy (Melville and Smith, 1987).
Synonyms
* Cynhyaena F. G. Cuvier, 1829
* Hyaenoides Gervais, 1855
* Hyenoides Boitard, 1842
* Kynos Rüppell, 1842
References
* In Griffith et al., Anim. Kingdom, 5: 151.
* Lycaon on Mammal Species of the World.
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
* Lycaon Brookes, 1827 Report on ITIS
* Hartstone-Rose, A.; Werdelin, L.; Ruiter, D.J., de; Berger, L.R.; Churchill, S.E. 2010: The Plio-Pleistocene ancestor of wild dogs, Lycaon sekowei n. sp. Journal of paleontology, 84: 299-308. doi: 10.1666/09-124.1
links
* ION
* Nomenclator Zoologicus
Vernacular names
Italiano: Licaone
日本語: リカオン属
Polski: Likaon
