Litter size averages about 10 and ranges from 6 to 16 young. The newborn weigh about 300 grams each and open their eyes after 13 days. At about 3 weeks the young emerge from the den and begin to take some solid food. Weaning is normally completed by the age of 11 weeks. All adult pack members regurgitate food to the young.
Social restrictions blur the actual time of sexual maturity.
The youngest female to give birth was 22 months old at the time. Lycaon has been reported only rarely to attack people but is widely persecuted as a predator of domestic livestock and game. Lycaon is classified as vulnerable by the IUCN and as endangered by the USDI . The Johns Hopkins University Press. All rights reserved.