Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Synonyms: Alopedon Hilzheimer 1906, Dasycyon Krumbiegel 1953, Dieba Gray 1869, Lyciscus Hamilton-Smith 1839, Macrocyon Kraglievich , Oreocyon Krumbiegel 1949, Oxygous Hodgson 1841, Pachycyon Allen 1885, Sacalius Smith 1839, Thos Bogachev , Vulpicanis de Blainville 1837
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
Parent taxon: Caninae according to F. J. Prevosti 2023
See also Albright et al. 2019, Allen 1885, Ameghino 1902, Amri et al. 2017, Bartolini-Lucenti and Spassov 2022, Belyaeva 1948, Berta 1988, Bjork 1970, Bourguignat 1875, Burney et al. 2008, Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995, Carroll 1988, Cisneros 2005, Eshelman et al. 2018, Fourvel and Frerebeau 2023, Garrido and Arribas 2008, Geraads 1997, Geraads 2011, Gray 1825, Hall 1981, Hay 1902, Hibbard 1955, Jiangzuo et al. 2018, Koufos 2022, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1860, Leidy 1873, Linnaeus 1758, Medin et al. 2017, Schultz and Howard 1935, Shoshani et al. 1989, Tedford et al. 2009, van Gelder 1978, Wang et al. 2008, Werdelin and Peigne 2010 and Wilson 1967
Sister taxa: Aenocyon, Canini, Chrysocyon, Leptocyon, Lycalopex, Nyctereutes, Protocyon, Theriodictis, Vulpini
Subtaxa: 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 Canis vetulus Lupulus Nyctereutes terblanchei Thos terblanchei
Type: Canis familiaris
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), Argentina (9), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Bolivia (2), Brazil (1), Canada (36: Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon), China (10), the Congo-Kinshasa (3), Cook Islands (1), Croatia (1), Cuba (1), the Czech Republic (3), Egypt (5), Ethiopia (2), France (25), Georgia (2), Germany (11), Greece (21), Greenland (9), Guatemala (1), Hungary (8), Israel (6), Italy (35), Japan (4), Kazakhstan (2), Kenya (4), Kyrgyzstan (1), Libya (2), Madagascar (2), Malta (1), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (8), Monaco (1), Mongolia (1), Morocco (8), the Netherlands (4), Niger (1), North Atlantic (1), Northern Mariana Islands (2), Norway (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (2), Poland (1), Portugal (2), Romania (8), the Russian Federation (9), South Africa (14), Spain (18), Sudan (6), Syria (1), Tajikistan (2), Tanzania (2), Tunisia (1), Turkey (3), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (173: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming), Vietnam (1), Zambia (1)
• Blancan of El Salvador (1), Mexico (2), United States (50: Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Argentina (1), Bulgaria (1), China (1), France (2), Greece (1), Italy (2), South Africa (5), Tajikistan (1), Turkey (1), United States (1: Nebraska)
• Pliocene of Azerbaijan (1), China (1), France (4), Georgia (2), Hungary (4), Italy (2), Kazakhstan (1), Kenya (1), Moldova (4), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (5), South Africa (1), Spain (1), Tajikistan (3), Tanzania (11), Ukraine (3)
• Hemphillian of United States (4: Indiana, Nebraska, Nevada)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (3)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of Spain (1)
• Neogene of Italy (1)
• Miocene of Spain (1)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 616 collections including 690 occurrences
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