Katcha is a village in the

Bassar Prefecture Bassar Prefecture is one of the prefectures of Togo and is located in Kara Region in Togo. The cantons (or subdivisions) of Bassar include Bassar, Kabou, Bitchabé, Dimouri, Sanda-Kagbanda, Bangéli, Baghan, Sanda-Afowou, Manga, and Kalanga. Town ...

in the

Kara Region Kara is one of Togo's five regions. Kara is the regional capital. Other major cities in the Kara region include Bafilo, Bassar, and Niamtougou. Kara is divided into the prefectures of Assoli, Bassar, Bimah, Dankpen, Doufelgou, Kéran, and ...

of north-western

Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...

Ecology

This locale was historically a habitat for the

endangered An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and inva ...

African wild dog The African wild dog (''Lycaon pictus''), also called the painted dog or Cape hunting dog, is a wild canine which is a native species to sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest wild canine in Africa, and the only extant member of the genus '' Ly ...

, ''Lycaon pictus'',C. Michael Hogan. 2009 although pressures of the expanding human population render the existence of this species problematic in Katcha.

References

* C. Michael Hogan. 2009
''Painted Hunting Dog: Lycaon pictus'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg

Line notes

Populated places in Kara Region Bassar Prefecture {{KaraTG-geo-stub