African Wild Dog?

Question

What is the social life of an African Wild Dog? How do they live? Thanx!

Answer 1

African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) are gregarious pack hunters. They have an alpha male and alpha female that lead the pack, which is usually around a dozen members, but can be as high as forty (in the past, packs of over a hundred individuals were known!).

They are more carnivorous than most other canids, with most of their diet consisting of animal prey. Because of this, their teeth have one of the most well-developed set of carnassial shearing blades in the dog family, sometimes refered to as 'hyper-carnassials'. Most other dogs have carnassial teeth that are blunter, and can also be used to chew vegetable material.

Unlike most other canids, the African wild dogs are not territorial, and don't engage in the usual urine scent-marking behaviour so well known to domestic dog owners.

Here's a page from the University of Michigan's Animal Diversity Web that gives more information about them:

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Lycaon_pictus.html

Answer 2

I have a Rhodesian Ridge-back, not exactly wild , but an African dog none the less.
Social life of dogs WORLD wide is about the same.
The ALPHA FEMALE ACTUALLY LEADS THE PACK IN SOCIETY and in HUNTING. The Alpha male guards and protects her flank, and because of that. Gets the best choices of meat and the right to breed the Alpha female
Wild dogs world wide seem to adhere to that code. From the wolves in Canada. to the Border collies in my back yard!
The dogs are all I really understand but I understand them well

Answer 3

Add a couple facts to the good answer above. These " painted wolves " ( Greek translation ) have individual patterns that are easily distinguishable and they have no dew claw. The sexual dimorphism is slight.