Afr. J. Ecol. 1997, Volume 35, pages 378–380 Notes and Records Wild dogs in Arusha National Park, Tanzania On 1 December 1994, at 09.45 hours, a group of four African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus (Temminck, 1820)) was encountered on the crater floor of Mount Meru in Arusha National Park, Tanzania, at an elevation of 2620 m a.s.l. (3547E, 314S; map: Sheet 55/2 Ngare Nanyuki, Scale 1:50,000). As this was a single sex group, it was probably a dispersing group of young animals (Fuller et al., 1992). When the group detected human presence, the dogs uttered deep, harsh barks, a call used to warn group members of the presence of potential predators (Kingdon, 1977). Pictures were taken of these individuals, as dogs can be individually identified by their coat patterns, and such photographic records can help monitor the movements of individual dogs (Burrows, 1995). On 6 December four male African wild dogs were again encountered on the crater floor of Mount Meru, by the road between Miriakamba Hut and Kitoto Point (3547E, 313S; map as before) 2 km from the initial sighting of wild dogs. Due to poor light conditions and rain it was not possible to photograph this group, and thus it could not be verified whether this was the same group as that encountered 5 days previously. A group of four African wild dogs were also reported by tourists on the Mount Meru crater floor on 2 December 1994. These sightings indicate that this dispersing group of wild dogs was present for at least a week on the Meru crater floor, and as the dogs looked well fed and in good condition they appear to have hunted successfully in this mountain habitat. The Meru crater floor is in a transition zone between mountain forest dominated by Podocarpus gracilior and Juniperus procera trees with a low herb carpet main- tained by grazers (Vesey-FitzGerald, 1974), and advanced seral vegetation after fire hazards consisting of Erica arborea and Stoebe kilimandscharica shrubs interspersed by grassland clearings (Vesey-FitzGerald, 1975). African wild dogs are rarely sighted in mountain habitats, and to our knowledge sighting the group of four males in the Meru crater in 1994 at 2620 m is the third highest verified record of wild dogs. Guest & Leedal (1954) found bones of wild dogs at 5730 m on Kibo, Thesiger (1970) and Webb (1962) reported a pack of wild dogs at 5894m on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, and Watson (1989) describes paw prints presumed to be of wild dogs on the crater rim of Kibo (Kilimanjaro). Coe (1967) reports wild dogs at 3886 m on Mount Kenya. Although the Meru crater is not a typical habitat for wild dogs, suitable prey species do occur at low densities. During regular transects across the Meru crater, sightings of potential prey species were classified as encountered on a regular basis (>80% visits), occasionally (>20% visits), or rarely (<20% visits). Bushbuck (T ragelaphus scriptus), Kirk’s Dikdik (M adoqua kirki), Tree Hyrax (Dendrohyrax arboreus) and small rodents were regularly recorded; Baboons (Papio anubis) and Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus) were occasionally sighted; Bush Pigs (Potamochoerus porcus), Suni (Neotragus moschatus) and  1997 East African Wild Life Society.