Lycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820)

Amori, Giovanni, Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Decher, Jan, Assou, Delagnon, Gippoliti, Spartaco & Luiselli, Luca, 2016, Non-marine mammals of Togo (West Africa): an annotated checklist, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 201-244 : 212

Lycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820) ◉

HISTORICAL LITERATURE AND VOUCHERS. — This species is possibly extinct in Togo, as it has not been recorded in the country for several decades. Historically it was found at Sokodé, as demonstrated by a voucher deposited at ZMB.

REMARK

Matschie described two distinct subspecies both from Togo in 1915: L. manguensis Matschie, 1915 from Tchanaga and L. mischlichi Matschie, 1915 from the northern part of the Kete Krachi District ( Grubb et al. 1998), an indirect evidence of the former aboundance of the species in Togo.