Lycaon

New Latin, from Ancient Greek Λυκάων (Lukáōn, “a name”), λυκάων (lukáōn, “wolves”), from λυκάνθρωπος (lukánthrōpos, “werewolf”).

Lycaon m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Canidae – The hyena-like African wild dog and its extinct relative.

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Canidae - family

• (genus): Lycaon pictus - sole extant species; †Lycaon sekowei - extinct species

• Japanese: リカオン (rikaon)
• Korean: 리카온 (rikaon)

• Lycaon (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lycaon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lycaon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Lycaon in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
• Lycaon at Animal Diversity Web
• Lycaon on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Lycaon at Encyclopedia of Life
• Lycaon at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Lycaon at Fossilworks

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λυκάων (Lukáōn).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /lyˈkaː.oːn/, [lʏˈkaː.oːn]

Lycāōn m (genitive Lycāōnis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) A king of Arcadia turned into a wolf by Zeus

Third declension.

• Lycāōnius
• Lycāōnis

• Lycaon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lycaon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette