Speothos
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Rlendog (talk | contribs) at 18:27, 24 May 2016 (added Category:Taxa named by Peter Wilhelm Lund using HotCat). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Revision as of 18:27, 24 May 2016 by Rlendog (talk | contribs) (added Category:Taxa named by Peter Wilhelm Lund using HotCat)
| Speothos Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
| |
|---|---|
| |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Subfamily: | |
| Genus: | Speothos Lund, 1839
|
| Type species | |
| †Speothos pacivorus | |
| Species | |
| Synonyms | |
Speothos is a genus of canid found in Central and South America. The genus includes the living bush dog, Speothos venaticus, as well as an extinct Pleistocene species, Speothos pacivorus. Unusually, the fossil species was identified and named prior to the discovery of the extant species, with the result that the type species of Speothos is S. pacivorus.
References
- Berta A., 1984. The Pleistocene Bush Dog Speothos pacivorus (Canidae) from the Lagoa Santa Caves, Brazil Journal of Mammalogy 65(4):549-559.
_cleaned_2.png){kind=small}
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Speothos&oldid=721895866"