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, Nyctereutes 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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