Speothos pacivorus
| Speothos pacivorus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| 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
| |
The Pleistocene bush dog (Speothos pacivorus) is an extinct canid species in the genus Speothos from the Late Pleistocene.[1][2] 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.[3]
References
- ^ Ruiz, Juan V.; Ferreira, Gabriel S.; Machado, Fabio A.; Kyriakouli, Christina; Godoy, Pedro L.; Gundlach, Carsten; Castro, Mariela C.; Montefeltro, Felipe C. (2024-05-03). "The lost jackals from the Brazilian caves: insights on the taxonomy and paleoecology of Pleistocene bush dog Speothos pacivorus (Carnivora, Canidae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 44 (3) e2438827. doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2438827. hdl:11449/299683. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ^ Ruiz, Juan V.; Kyriakouli, Christina; Hansen, Kasper; Gundlach, Carsten; Ferreira, Gabriel S.; Machado, Fabio A.; Godoy, Pedro L.; Castro, Mariela C.; Montefeltro, Felipe C. (2024-05-14). "The Fossils of Speothos Pacivorus (Carnivora: Canidae) at the Peter Lund/Quaternary Collection of the Natural History Museum of Denmark". MorphoMuseuM. 10 (2) e229. doi:10.18563/journal.m3.229.
- ^ *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.