Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Full reference: L. Amri, S. B. Lucenti, M. S. Mtimet, N. Karoui-Yaakouba, S. Ros-Montoyad, M. Espigaresd, M. Boughdiria, N. B. H. Alie, and B. Martínez-Navarro. 2017. Canis othmanii sp. nov. (Carnivora, Canidae) from the early Middle Pleistocene site of Wadi Sarrat (Tunisia). Comptes Rendus Palevol 16(7):774-782

Belongs to Canis according to L. Amri et al. 2017

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 mosbachensis, Canis osorum, 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: Museum of the National Office of Mines, Tunis, OS10-02, a partial skull. Its type locality is Wadi Sarrat, Mahjouba-Tejerouine Wetlands, which is in a Pleistocene mire/swamp conglomerate in Tunisia.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Wadi Sarrat, Mahjouba-Tejerouine Wetlands

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.