Cuon Hodgson 1838 (dhole)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Synonym: Cyon Agassiz 1846 [objective synonym]

Parent taxon: Canidae according to B. Mecozzi et al. 2020

See also Alroy 2002, Barbour 1914, Bourguignat 1875, Carroll 1988, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Tedford et al. 2009, van Gelder 1978, Wang et al. 2008 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Alopex, Amphicyon angustidens, Borophaginae, Caninae, Chailicyon, Cubacyon, Cynotherium, Dysodus, Hesperocyoninae, Hydrocyon, Icticyon, Leucocyon, Lupulella, Lupus, Lycaon, Lycorus, Megalotis, Otocyoninae, Palaeocyon, Plesiocyon, Schaeffia, Simenia, Synagodus, Thous, Vulpes

Subtaxa: Cuon alpinus Cuon bourreti Cuon dukhunensis Cuon majori Cuon priscus Cuon sumatrensis Cyon antiquus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), China (7), France (1), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Monaco (6), Portugal (1), Thailand (1), Turkey (1), Vietnam (1)

• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences

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