Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Alternative spelling: Canis (Nyctereutes)
Parent taxon: Caninae according to C. J. Burgin et al. 2018
See also Bourguignat 1875, Carroll 1988, Geraads 1997, Geraads 2011, Koufos 2022, Kurten 1968, Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930, van Gelder 1978, Wang et al. 2008 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010
Sister taxa: Aenocyon, Canini, Canis, Chrysocyon, Leptocyon, Lycalopex, Protocyon, Theriodictis, Vulpini
Subtaxa: Nyctereutes abdeslami Nyctereutes barryi Nyctereutes donnezani Nyctereutes lockwoodi Nyctereutes megamastoides Nyctereutes procyonoides Nyctereutes sinensis Nyctereutes tingi Nyctereutes vulpinus
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (4 collections), France (5), Greece (2), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (2), Taiwan (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), France (1), Greece (2), Tajikistan (1)
• Pliocene of China (5), Ethiopia (2), Georgia (1), Greece (3), Italy (1), Morocco (2), Poland (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (3), Tajikistan (1), Tanzania (1), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Morocco (1)
Total: 48 collections including 49 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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