Canidae

From Palaeos

<==Canidae
   |  i. s.: Cynodictis
   |         Pseudalopex
   |           |--P. culpaeus
   |           |--P. griseus
   |           |--P. gymnocercus
   |           |--P. peruanus
   |           |--P. sechurae
   |           `--P. vetulus
   |         Nothocyon geismarianus
   |         Phlaocyon leucosteus
   |         Cerdocyon ensenadensis
   |--Otocyon [Otocyoninae]
   |    |--O. megalotis
   |    `--O. recki
   |--Amphicyoninae [Amphicyonidae]
   |    |--Afrocyon burolleti
   |    |--Amphicyon
   |    |    |--A. longiramus
   |    |    `--A. tairumensis
   |    |--Hecubides
   |    |    |--H. euryodon
   |    |    `--H. macrodon
   |    |--Temnocyon obtusidens
   |    |--Cynelos caroniavorus
   |    `--Ischyrocyon gidleyi
   |--Hesperocyoninae
   |    |--Hesperocyon gregarius
   |    |--Mesocyon
   |    |    |--M. coryphaeus
   |    |    |--M. geringensis
   |    |    |--M. josephi
   |    |    `--M. venator
   |    |--Enhydrocyon crassidens
   |    |--Brachyrhynchocyon intermedius
   |    `--Cynodesmus iamonensis
   |--Borophaginae
   |    |--Euoplocyon spissidens
   |    |--Tomarctus canavus
   |    |--Carpocyon cuspidatus
   |    |--Strobodon stirtoni
   |    |--Aeleurodon taxoides
   |    |--Epicyon
   |    |    |--E. haydeni
   |    |    `--E. saveus
   |    |--Osteoborus cynoides
   |    `--Borophagus diversidens
   |--Cynarctinae
   `--Caninae
        |--Canis
        |--Alopex lagopus
        |--Nyctereutes procyonoides Gray 1834
        |--Chrysocyon brachyurus
        |--Vulpes
        |--Dusicyon
        |    |--D. australis
        |    |--D. avus
        |    |--D. culpaeus [incl. D. culpaeolus, D. inca]
        |    |--D. griseus
        |    |--D. gymnocercus
        |    |--D. hagenbecki
        |    |--D. microtis [=Atelocynus microtis]
        |    |--D. sechurae
        |    |--D. thous [=Cerdocyon thous]
        |    `--D. vetulus [=Lycalopex vetulus]
        |--Lycaon pictus
        |--Speothos
        |    |--S. pacivorus
        |    `--S. venaticus
        |--Cuon alpinus
        |    |--C. a. alpinus
        |    |--C. a. dukhunensis
        |    |--C. a. hesperius
        |    |--C. a. laniger
        |    `--C. a. primaevus
        |--Leptocyon vafer
        |--Protocyon
        |    |--P. orcesi
        |    |--P. scagliarum
        |    `--P. troglodytes
        `--Theriodictis
             |--T. platensis
             `--T. tarijensis

Inorganic: Dusicyon gymnocereus protominilorientalus Okamura 1987

* Type species of generic name indicated

[edit] References

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Macdonald, D. W. 1984a. The dog family. In All the World’s Animals: Carnivores (D. Macdonald, ed.) pp. 48-49. Torstar Books Inc.: New York.

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