1. A powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled area
   - African hunting dog, hyena dog, Lycaon pictus

Type of: wild dog

• genus Saxifraga
• genus Sayornis
• genus Scabiosa
• genus Scaphiopus
• genus Scaphosepalum
• genus Scarabaeus
• genus Scardinius
• genus Scartella
• genus Sceliphron
• genus Sceloglaux
• genus Sceloporus
• genus Schaffneria
• genus Schefflera
• genus Schinus
• genus Schistosoma
• genus Schizachyrium
• genus Schizaea
• genus Schizanthus
• genus Schizopetalon
• genus Schizophragma
• genus Schizosaccharomyces
• genus Schlumbergera
• genus Schomburgkia
• genus Sciadopitys
• genus Sciaena