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FIG. 1 Distribution status (IUCN/SSC, 2015) of (a) the cheetah Acinonyx jubatus in Angola, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana (Durant et al., 2015), and of recent (2008–2018) records in Angola (1, Purchase et al., 2007; 2,3, Taylor et al., 2018; 4,7, Funston et al., 2017; 5, this study; 6, Marker et al., 2010, Bruce Bennett, pers. obs., 2017), and (b) the African wild dog Lycaon pictus in Angola, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Botswana (Woodroffe & Sillero-Zubiri, 2012), and recent (2008–2018) records in Angola (1, BP Geological survey team, pers. obs., 2009; 2, Taylor et al., 2018; 3, this study, Overton et al., 2016, Fabiano et al., 2017; 4,8, Funston et al., 2017; 5, Overton et al., 2016; 6, John Mendelsson, pers. obs., 2012; 7, this study; 9–11, Veríssimo, 2008). Study sites: BNP, Bicuar National Park; CPR, Cuatir Private Reserve.


Facility database (GBIF, 2019;Purchaseetal., 2007,Veríssimo, 2008,Marker etal., 2010,Overton et al., 2016,Fabiano et al., 2017, Funston et al., 2017, Taylor et al., 2018). We considered as independent any camera-trapping detections within 30 minutes, unless animals were unambiguously identified (Rich et al., 2017). In Bicuar National Park we recorded 16 independent detections of two African wild dog groups over a total of 14,232 trapping-days. We were able to assign 15 individuals to one group and three to the other. African wild dogs were detected consistently throughout the sampling period at a mean detected group size of 3.6 ± SD 2.6. No cheetahs were detected. In Cuatir Private Reserve we obtained 13 independent detections of at least two cheetah individuals and no detec- tions of African wild dogs over a total of 5,173 trapping- days of systematic surveying. Unstructured camera trapping provided records of an individual cheetah in July 2014, and a coalition of two male cheetahs in October 2017.We were not able to match any of these cheetahs with those of the 2018 survey. A group with $4 African wild dog individuals was detected in July, August and October 2014, and another of $5 individuals in October 2016. Our findings build on recent surveys that indicate the occurrence of cheetahs and African wild dogs in Luengue- Luiana and Mavinga National Parks (Funston et al., 2017),


and in the Cuanavale and Cuito river catchments (Taylor et al., 2018; Fig. 1). African wild dogs have also been observed in Bicuar National Park by Overton et al. (2016) and Fabiano et al. (2017), and in Mupa National Park (Overton et al., 2016) and Mucusso Reserve (Veríssimo, 2008), and cheetahs in and around Iona and Cameia National Parks (Purchase et al., 2007; Marker et al., 2010). We found no records of cheetahs or African wild dogs for 2008–2018 in Angola in the Global Biodiveristy Information Facility. Our findings indicate that the African wild dog’s range


as currently delimited (IUCN/SSC, 2015), should be extend- ed c. 750 km further west-north-west from the Angolan/ Namibian border, beyond the Cunene river and including Bicuar National Park. As the species has been regularly detected in the Park since at least 2015, this complies with IUCN/SSC (2015) criteria as an area of African wild dog residency, with groups of $10 individuals and breeding confirmed through multiple observations of groups with pups, made by park rangers in 2016 (Overton et al., 2016; Fabiano et al., 2017). It is likely that other large extents of good quality habitat in Angola also harbour resident po- pulations, and further monitoring to assess presence and residency status are required. Cheetahs have been observed regularly in the lower Angolan range of the Cubango river, and also in south-eastern, south-western and central-eastern Angola in the provinces of Namibe, Cuando Cubango and


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