Community Conservation Education Centre Iganyana Bush Camp

Painted Dog Discovery Sheet

1. Where were painted dogs originally found in Africa? ____________________ ___________________________________________________________________
2. Which African countries have painted dogs today? ______________________ ____________________________________________________________________
3. Which country has more painted dogs than any other country? ____________
4. Where in Zimbabwe are painted dogs found? ___________________________ ____________________________________________________________________
5. About how many painted dogs are left in Hwange National Park? __________
6. What is the diet of painted dogs? ____________________________________
7. What role do painted dogs play in their ecosystem? ______________________ ____________________________________________________________________

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8. What does extinction mean? ________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________
9. What does it mean to be an endangered species? ________________________ ____________________________________________________________________
10. Why are painted dogs endangered? ___________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________
11. What might happen to an ecosystem if painted dogs went extinct? ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________

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4. Compound leaves have:
1. just two leaflets

(and look like a butterfly) Giuboutia coleosperma

2. more than two leaflets go to 5

 

5. Compound leaves are:
1. pinnate go to 6
2. bipinnate go to 8

 

6. Each leaf has:
1. an odd number of leaflets with

a single leaflet at the end Pterocarpus angolensis

2. an even number of leaflets with

no single leaflet at the end go to 7

 

7. Each leaf usually has:
1. 4 pairs of leaflets, with the

end pair clearly larger Brachystegia spiciformis

2. 4-5 pairs of leaflets, with all the

leaflets about the same size Baikiaea plurujuga

3. 5-9 pairs of leaflets, with the

leaflets not quite opposite

each other Pterocarpus angolensis

 

8. The twigs are:
1. reddish Burkea africana
2. greyish go to 9

 

9. Each leaf has:
1. 2-3 pairs of pinna, with

5-9 leaflets per pinna Burkea africana

2. 3-4 pairs of pinna, with

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