Are African Wild Dogs An Ancient Breed?

Are African Wild Dogs An Ancient Breed? African wild dog Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene – present (200,000–0 years BP) Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Canidae Are African wild dogs actual dogs? African wild dogs are neither wolves nor dogs, despite their common English names, and the fact that their scientific name, Lycaeon pictus,