Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Parent taxon: Canidae according to D. Geraads 2011
See also Larivière 2002
Sister taxa: Alopex, Amphicyon angustidens, Borophaginae, Caninae, Chailicyon, Cubacyon, Cuon, Cynotherium, Dysodus, Hesperocyoninae, Hydrocyon, Icticyon, Leucocyon, Lupus, Lycaon, Lycorus, Megalotis, Otocyoninae, Palaeocyon, Plesiocyon, Schaeffia, Simenia, Synagodus, Thous, Vulpes
Subtaxa: Lupulella mesomelas Lupulella mohibi Lupulella paralius
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), Kenya (8), Morocco (3), South Africa (31), Tanzania (3), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Kenya (1), South Africa (4)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), Morocco (1), South Africa (1)
Total: 55 collections including 58 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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