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Dusicyon
Extinct genus of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dusicyon is an extinct genus of South American canids.
Quick Facts Dusicyon Temporal range: Late Pliocene to recent, Scientific classification ...
Dusicyon[1] Temporal range: Late Pliocene to recent | |
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Falkland Islands wolf and D. avus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Subfamily: | Caninae |
Tribe: | Canini |
Genus: | †Dusicyon C. E. H. Smith, 1839[2] |
Type species | |
Canis australis Kerr, 1792 | |
Species | |
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