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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CARNIVORA
--> SUBORDER CANIFORMIA
--> FAMILY Canidae
GENUS Atelocynus
| Author: | Cabrera, 1940. | | Citation: | Notas Mus. La Plata, 5: 14. | | Type Species: | Canis microtis Sclater, 1883, by original designation. | | Comments: | See comments under Dusicyon. Placed in Atelocynus by Cabrera (1931, 1957), Langguth (1975), Stains (1975), Berta (1985, 1986, 1988) and McKenna and Bell (1997). Van Gelder (1978) considered Atelocynus a subgenus of Canis. Tedford et al. (1995) placed it as the sister taxon to Speothos. |
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