Speothos pacivorus
Appearance
Speothos pacivorus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Genus: | Speothos |
Species: | †S. pacivorus
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Binomial name | |
†Speothos pacivorus Lund 1839
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The Pleistocene bush dog (Speothos pacivorus) is an extinct canid species in the genus Speothos from the Late Pleistocene. It was a relative of the extant bush dog. When compared to the bush dog, S. pacivorus had an overall larger body size, a straighter radial shaft and a double-rooted second lower molar.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ *Berta, Annalisa (November 1984). "The Pleistocene Bush Dog Speothos pacivorus (Canidae) from the Lagoa Santa Caves, Brazil". Journal of Mammalogy. 65 (4): 549–559. doi:10.2307/1380837. JSTOR 1380837.