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Speothos

Speothos
Temporal range: to Recent
Bush dog.JPG
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Subfamily: Caninae
Genus: Speothos
Lund, 1839
Type species
Speothos pacivorus
Species
Synonyms
  • Icticyon Lund, 1843
  • Abathmodon Lund, 1843

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 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.


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