Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Parent taxon: Caninae according to S. Bartolini-Lucenti and N. Spassov 2022
See also Amri et al. 2017, Berta 1984, Garrido and Arribas 2008, Jiangzuo et al. 2018, Jiangzuo et al. 2022, Ruiz-Ramoni et al. 2022, Sotnikova 2006, Tedford et al. 2009, Valenciano et al. 2022, Wang et al. 2015 and Wang et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Aenocyon, Canis, Chrysocyon, Leptocyon, Lycalopex, Nyctereutes, Protocyon, Theriodictis, Vulpini
Subtaxa: Canina Cerdocyonina Eucyon Sinicuon Xenocyon
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), Argentina (19), Belgium (1), Bolivia (2), Brazil (10), Canada (2: Saskatchewan, Yukon), Chile (8), China (4), the Czech Republic (2), France (6), Georgia (2), Germany (3), Greece (2), Israel (1), Italy (7), Mongolia (1), Peru (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (1), Spain (4), Tajikistan (1), Tanzania (1), United States (1: Texas), Uruguay (2), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of United States (18: Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (2)
• Pliocene of Argentina (1), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (6), Ethiopia (4), Mongolia (2), Romania (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Idaho)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (8), United States (35: Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Washington)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (1)
• Miocene of Italy (2), Kenya (1), Mongolia (1), Spain (1), United States (2: Nebraska, Texas)
Total: 175 collections including 179 occurrences