Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Belongs to Canis according to J. Madurell-Malapeira et al. 2022
See also Capasso Barbato and Gliozzi 1995, Jiangzuo et al. 2018, Medin et al. 2017 and Wang et al. 2008
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 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 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 mosbachensis variabilis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), China (3), Hungary (2), Israel (1), Italy (3), Romania (5), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (1)
• Pliocene of Hungary (1)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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