Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Full reference: A. Valenciano, J. Morales, and R. Govender. 2022. Eucyon khoikhoi sp. nov. (Carnivora: Canidae) from Langebaanweg ‘E’ Quarry (early Pliocene, South Africa): the most complete African canini from the Mio-Pliocene. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194(2):366-394
Belongs to Eucyon according to A. Valenciano et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Eucyon adoxus, Eucyon davisi, Eucyon debonisi, Eucyon ferox, Eucyon intrepidus, Eucyon kuta, Eucyon marinae, Eucyon minor, Eucyon monticinensis, Eucyon odessanus, Eucyon skinneri, Eucyon wokari, Eucyon zhoui
Type specimen: SAM-PQL-31272, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Langebaanweg E quarry bone bed, which is in a Zanclean coastal horizon in the Varswater Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Langebaanweg E quarry bone bed
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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