Xenocyon

Xenocyon
Temporal range: Pliocene to Middle Pleistocene
"Canis (Xenocyon) falconeri" skull
Canis (Xenocyon) falconeri skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Subgenus: †Xenocyon
Kretzoi, 1938[1]
Species

Xenocyon ("strange dog") is an extinct group of canids, either considered a distinct genus[2] or a subgenus of Canis. The group includes Canis (Xenocyon) africanus, Canis (Xenocyon) antonii and Canis (Xenocyon) falconeri that gave rise to Canis (Xenocyon) lycanoides.[3] The hypercarnivorous Xenocyon is thought to be closely related and possibly ancestral to modern dhole and the African wild dog,[4]: p149  as well as the insular Sardinian dhole.[5]

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  2. ^ Jiangzuo, Qigao; Wang, Yuan; Song, Yayun; Liu, Sizhao; Jin, Changzhu; Liu, Jinyi (2022-01-06). "Middle Pleistocene Xenocyon lycaonoides Kretzoi, 1938 in northeastern China and the evolution of Xenocyon-Lycaon lineage". Historical Biology: 1–13. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.2022138. ISSN 0891-2963.
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  5. ^ Madurell-Malapeira, Joan; Palombo, Maria Rita; Sotnikova, Marina (2015-07-04). "Cynotherium malatestai, sp. nov. (Carnivora, Canidae) from the early middle Pleistocene deposits of Grotta dei Fiori (Sardinia, Western Mediterranean)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35 (4): e943400. Bibcode:2015JVPal..35E3400M. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.943400. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 129741290.