African wild dogs ("Lycaon pictus") live and hunt in packs. It is also sometimes mistakenly known as "Lycaon pictus saharicus", named after the Sahara Desert. The African wild dog ("Lycaon pictus") is a canine native to sub-Saharan Africa. "Lycaon pictus"; however, this canid is thought to have been locally extirpated. "Lycaon pictus", but that endangered canid may now be extirpated in that locale.