Leon Pauleikhoff

black and brown short-coated animal close-up photography

Dan Seddon

One of a pack of African Painted Dog, or Painted Wolf, or African Wild Dog (take your pick). It's always a privilege to encounter these highly endangered canines and spend a little time with them before they up and vanish into the bush. 

Catherine Merlin

a spotted dog sitting in a field of dry grass

A Wild Dog puppy (Lycaon pictus) in Botswana. 

Joel Sileno

The beautifully marked African Painted Dog, Painted Wolf, or African Wild Dog. (No agreement yet on the official name of this endangered African canid.) 

brown and black short coated dog on green grass during daytime

Wild dog