Tribe Vulpini Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1832 (canine)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Parent taxon: Caninae according to S. Bartolini Lucenti 2021

See also Clark 2005, de Bonis et al. 2007, Hartstone-Rose et al. 2013, Ruiz-Ramoni et al. 2022, Tedford and Wang 2008, Tedford et al. 2009 and Wang et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Aenocyon, Canini, Canis, Chrysocyon, Leptocyon, Lycalopex, Nyctereutes, Protocyon, Theriodictis

Subtaxa: Ferrucyon Metalopex Otocyon Prototocyon Urocyon

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Ontario collection), France (1), Kenya (3), Mexico (1), South Africa (5), Tanzania (1), United States (52: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), Venezuela (1), Zambia (1)

• Blancan of Mexico (2), United States (7: Arizona, California, Kansas, Texas)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)

• Pliocene of Tanzania (1)

• Hemphillian of United States (6: California, Florida, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Texas)

• Miocene of United States (7: Arizona, California, Florida, Oregon)

Total: 90 collections including 92 occurrences

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