Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Belongs to Canis according to Lund 1842
See also Bourguignat 1875, Favarini et al. 2022, van Gelder 1978 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Canis (Epicyon), Canis accitanus, Canis adoxus, Canis apolloniensis, Canis armbrusteri, Canis arnensis, Canis aureus, Canis borjgali, Canis cana, Canis cedazoensis, Canis ceylonicus, Canis chihliensis, Canis cipio, Canis culpaeus, Canis dingo, Canis edwardii, Canis etruscus, Canis familiaris, Canis feneus, Canis geismarianus, Canis gezi, Canis hewitti, Canis incertus, Canis latidentatus, Canis latrans, Canis lepophagus, Canis longdanensis, Canis lupaster, Canis lupus, Canis lydekkeri, Canis megamastoides, Canis michauxi, Canis monticinensis, Canis mosbachensis, Canis osorum, Canis othmanii, Canis palaeoplatensis, Canis palmidens, Canis proplatensis, Canis rufus, Canis sechurae, Canis senezensis, Canis simensis, Canis tarijensis, Canis teilhardi, Canis thooides, Canis troglodytes, Canis variabilis, Nyctereutes terblanchei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lagoa Santa, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Brazil
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Lagoa Santa
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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