Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Belongs to Canis according to D'Orbigny and Laurillard 1842
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 latidentatus, Canis latrans, Canis lepophagus, Canis longdanensis, Canis lupaster, Canis lupus, Canis lydekkeri, Canis megamastoides, Canis michauxi, Canis monticinensis, Canis mosbachensis, 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, Lupulus, Nyctereutes terblanchei, Thos terblanchei
Type specimen: Its type locality is San Nicolás de los Arroyos, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Argentina
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at San Nicolás de los Arroyos
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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