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SPECIES Atelocynus microtis

Author:Sclater, 1882.
Actual Date:1883
Citation:Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882: 631.
Common Name:Short-eared Dog
Type Locality:"Amazons," restricted by Hershkovitz (1957a) to "south bank of the Rio Amazonas, Pará, Brazil."
Distribution:Amazonian basin: Bolivia (see Anderson, 1997), Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela (?).
Status:IUCN – Data Deficient.
Comments:Reviewed by Hershkovitz (1961a) and Berta (1986).
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SUBSPECIES microtis

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