Speothos pacivorus
The Pleistocene bush dog (Speothos pacivorus) is an extinct canid species in the genus Speothos from the Late Pleistocene. 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.[1]
| Speothos pacivorus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Speothos |
| Species: | †S. pacivorus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Speothos pacivorus Lund 1839 | |
References
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- 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.
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