Canis arnensis

Canis arnensis
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene 1.9-1.6 Ma
Canis arnensis reconstruction from fossilized bone fragments
Artist's rendition
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species:
†C. arnensis
Binomial name
†Canis arnensis
Del Campana, 1913[1]
Synonyms[4]
  • C. senezensis Martin, 1973[2]
  • C. accitanus Garrido and Arribas, 2008[3]

Canis arnensis, is an extinct species of canine that was endemic to Mediterranean Europe during the Early Pleistocene. Canis arnensis has been described as a small jackal-like canid. Its anatomy and morphology relate it more to the modern golden jackal (Canis aureus) than to the larger Etruscan wolf of that time. It is probably the ancestor of modern jackals.

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