Canis michauxi Martin 1971 (canine)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Full reference: R. Martin. 1971. Trois nouvelles espèces de Caninae (Canidae, Carnivora) des gisements Plio-Villafranchiens d'Europe. Travaux et Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de Lyon 57(1):87-96

Belongs to Canis according to R. Martin 1971

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 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: CSU 35, 36, a mandible. Its type locality is Perpignan, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in France.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Perpignan

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