Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: J. Morales, M. Pickford, and D. Soria. 2005. Carnivores from the Late Miocene and basal Pliocene of the Tugen Hills, Kenya. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España 18(1-2):39-61
Belongs to Eucyon according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Morales et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Eucyon adoxus, Eucyon davisi, Eucyon debonisi, Eucyon ferox, Eucyon khoikhoi, Eucyon kuta, Eucyon marinae, Eucyon minor, Eucyon monticinensis, Eucyon odessanus, Eucyon skinneri, Eucyon wokari, Eucyon zhoui
Type specimen: BAR 2127'01, a tooth (right M1). Its type locality is Kapsomin, Tugen Hills, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Lukeino Formation of Kenya.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Kapsomin, Tugen Hills
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