Cuon alpinus Pallas 1811 (dhole)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Alternative combination: Canis alpinus

Belongs to Cuon according to B. Mecozzi et al. 2020

See also Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Bourguignat 1875, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Tedford et al. 2009, van Gelder 1978 and Wang et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Cuon bourreti, Cuon dukhunensis, Cuon majori, Cuon priscus, Cuon sumatrensis, Cyon antiquus

Subtaxa: Cuon alpinus europaeus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (1 collection), France (1), Georgia (1), Germany (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Monaco (6), Portugal (1)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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