Canis variabilis Pei 1934 (canine)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Alternative combination: Canis lupus variabilis

Full reference: W.Z. Pei. 1934. On the Carnivora from Locality 1 of Choukutien. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series C 8:1-166

Belongs to Canis according to R. H. Tedford et al. 2009

See also Jiangzuo et al. 2018, Pei 1934 and Wang et al. 2008

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 othmanii, Canis palaeoplatensis, Canis palmidens, Canis proplatensis, Canis rufus, Canis sechurae, Canis senezensis, Canis simensis, Canis tarijensis, Canis teilhardi, Canis thooides, Canis troglodytes, Canis vetulus, Lupulus, Nyctereutes terblanchei, Thos terblanchei

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (2 collections), Mongolia (1), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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