Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Synonym: Pachycyon robustus Allen 1885
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Canis according to R. G. van Gelder 1978
See also Allen 1885, Berta 1988, Bourguignat 1875, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1860, Linnaeus 1758 and Thomas 1911
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 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
Subtaxa: Canis familiaris aegyptius Canis familiaris aquaticus Canis familiaris avicular Canis familiaris domestic Canis familiaris extrarius Canis familiaris fricator Canis familiaris grajus Canis familiaris melitens Canis familiaris molossus Canis familiaris sagax Canis familiaris vertagus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (5: Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec), Cook Islands (1), Greenland (8), Italy (1), Madagascar (2), the Marshall Islands (1), the Netherlands (2), Northern Mariana Islands (2), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (6: Alaska, Florida, Montana, Virginia), Zambia (1)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
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