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Speothos venaticus (bush dog)

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Cynogale venatica was named by Lund (1842). It is extant.

It was recombined as Icticyon venaticus by Bourguignat (1875); it was recombined as Speothos venaticus by van Gelder (1978), Bertram and Biewener (1990), Wang et al. (2008).

Synonyms
  • Icticyon major was named by Lund (1843). It is not extant.

    It was recombined as Speothos major by Langguth (1977); it was synonymized subjectively with Speothos venaticus by Berta (1984).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Cynogale venatica Lund p. 203
1843Icticyon major Lund
1875Icticyon venaticus Bourguignat
1977Speothos major Langguth
1978Speothos venaticus van Gelder
1990Speothos venaticus Bertram and Biewener p. 160
2008Speothos venaticus Wang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
Pancarnivora
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyCaninaeGill 1872
tribeCaniniFischer de Waldheim 1817
subtribeCerdocyonina
genusSpeothosLund 1839
speciesvenaticus(Lund 1842)

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.

Speothos venaticus Lund 1842 [bush dog]
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Invalid names: Speothos major Lund 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:28:06
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

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

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) Speothos major (87321)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Speothos venaticus (21687)