Cerdocyonina

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Cerdocyonines Temporal range: Late Miocene-Holocene, 6–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Four representatives of cerdocyonine canids. Clockwise, starting from top left, are the maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus), the bush dog (Speothos venaticus) the crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) and the Andean fox (Lycalopex culpaeus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Subfamily:	Caninae
Tribe:	Canini
Subtribe:	Cerdocyonina Tedford et al., 2009[1]
Genera[1]
Atelocynus Cerdocyon Chrysocyon Lycalopex Speothos †Dusicyon †Protocyon †Theriodictis

Cerdocyonina is an extant subtribe of the canines that is endemic to the Americas. Often described to be "fox-like" in appearance and behavior, they are more closely related to the wolf-like canids such as Canis than they are to the fox genus Vulpes.^[1] Its members are colloquially known as the South American canids^[2] and there are 10 extant species. They are sometimes referred to as South American foxes in the older literature, but the term zorro has been recommended by mammalogists to avoid confusion with the true foxes of the tribe Vulpini, which includes the genus Vulpes.