Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Synonyms: Canis majori Del Campana 1913, Canis olivolanus Del Campana 1913
Belongs to Canis according to G. D. Koufos 2022
See also Kurten 1968 and Wang et al. 2008
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 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, Canis vetulus, Nyctereutes terblanchei
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Croatia (1 collection), France (10), Germany (1), Greece (2), Israel (2), Italy (6), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), the Netherlands (1), Romania (2), Spain (5)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Bulgaria (1), France (1), Greece (1), Italy (1), Tajikistan (1)
• Pliocene of France (1), Georgia (1), Italy (2), Spain (1), Tajikistan (1)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of Spain (1)
Total: 44 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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