Protocyon

Protocyon
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Lujanian)
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Tribe: Canini
Subtribe: Cerdocyonina
Genus: Protocyon
1855 (1855): Giebel
Species
  • P. orocualensis 2022 (2022): Ruiz-Ramoni, Wang & Rincón
  • P. orcesi 1952 (1952): Hoffstetter
  • P. tarijensis 1902 (1902): Ameghino
  • P. troglodytes 1838 (1838): Lund, type
Synonyms

Protocyon is an extinct genus of large canid endemic to South and North America during the Late Pleistocene living from 781 to 12 thousand years ago.[1]

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