Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Belongs to Canis according to R. H. Tedford et al. 2009
See also Albright 1999, Anderson 1996, Dalquest and Schultz 1992, Kurten 1974, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Nowak 1979 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 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 variabilis, Canis vetulus, Nyctereutes terblanchei
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (24: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Oregon, Texas collections)
• Blancan of Mexico (2), United States (5: Arizona, Florida, Nebraska, Texas)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
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