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Chrysocyon brachyurus (maned wolf)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Canis brachyurus was named by Illiger (1815). It is extant.

It was recombined as Chrysocyon brachyurus by van Gelder (1978), Bertram and Biewener (1990), Wang et al. (2008), Prevosti (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Canis brachyurus Illiger p. 121
1816Vulpes cancrosa Oken
1820Canis jubatus Desmarest
1906Canis isodactylus Ameghino
1978Chrysocyon brachyurus van Gelder
1990Chrysocyon brachyurus Bertram and Biewener p. 160
2008Chrysocyon brachyurus Wang et al.
2023Chrysocyon brachyurus Prevosti

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
genusChrysocyonHamilton-Smith 1839
speciesbrachyurus(Illiger 1815)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Chrysocyon brachyurus Illiger 1815 [maned wolf]
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Invalid names: Canis isodactylus Ameghino 1906 [synonym], Canis jubatus Desmarest 1820 [synonym], Vulpes cancrosa Oken 1816 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 14:16:58
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:16:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia (Tarija ) Chrysocyon brachyurus (70673)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Chrysocyon brachyurus (92814)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) Chrysocyon brachyurus (231064)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Chrysocyon brachyurus (212251 212449)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Entre Ríos) Chrysocyon brachyurus (231066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Chrysocyon brachyurus (231065 231067)