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Taxonomy
Canis troglodytes was named by Lund (1938).
It was recombined as Protocyon troglodytes by Wang et al. (2008), Prevosti et al. (2009), Ruiz-Ramoni et al. (2022) and Prevosti (2023).
It was recombined as Protocyon troglodytes by Wang et al. (2008), Prevosti et al. (2009), Ruiz-Ramoni et al. (2022) and Prevosti (2023).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1837 | Canis spelaeus Lund |
| 1843 | Canis lycodes Lund |
| 1843 | Palaeocyon validus Lund |
| 1882 | Canis musculosus Ameghino |
| 1938 | Canis troglodytes Lund |
| 1942 | Paleospeothos colomae Spillmann |
| 1952 | Protocyon orcesi Hoffstetter p. 141 figs. Pl. IV, fig. 26-37 |
| 2008 | Protocyon troglodytes Wang et al. |
| 2009 | Protocyon troglodytes Prevosti et al. p. 85 fig. 4 |
| 2022 | Protocyon troglodytes Ruiz-Ramoni et al. p. 106 |
| 2023 | Protocyon troglodytes Prevosti |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available