Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Parent taxon: Canidae according to D. Geraads 2011
See also Bourguignat 1875, Carroll 1988, Gray 1825, Hartstone-Rose et al. 2010, Koufos 2022, Kurten 1968, Medin et al. 2017, van Gelder 1978 and Wang et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Alopex, Amphicyon angustidens, Borophaginae, Caninae, Chailicyon, Cubacyon, Cuon, Cynotherium, Dysodus, Hesperocyoninae, Hydrocyon, Icticyon, Leucocyon, Lupulella, Lupus, Lycorus, Megalotis, Otocyoninae, Palaeocyon, Plesiocyon, Schaeffia, Simenia, Synagodus, Thous, Vulpes
Subtaxa: Lycaon magnus Lycaon pictus Lycaon sekowei
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), the Congo-Kinshasa (2), Israel (1), Kenya (2), Morocco (3), South Africa (9), Tanzania (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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