Xenocyon lycaonoides

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Xenocyon lycaonoides
Fossil range: early to early middle Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: †Xenocyon
Species: †X. lycaonoides
Binomial name
†Xenocyon lycaonoides
Kretzoi, 1938
Synonyms

†Canis africanus Pohle, 1928 [1]

Xenocyon lycaonoides is an extinct canid from the Pleistocene of Africa and Eurasia.[1] It preyed on antelopes, deer, elephant calves, the Aurochs, baboons, wild horses and perhaps humans. It was probably the ancestor of the African Wild Dog and possibly the Dhole and extinct Sardinian Dhole.[1][2][3] The generic assignment of X. lycaonoides is controversial. In addition to placement in Xenocyon,[2] some recent authorities have placed the species in the genera Lycaon[1] and Canis.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Martínez-Navarro, B., and L. Rook (2003). "Gradual evolution in the African hunting dog lineage: systematic implications". Comptes Rendus Palevol 2: 695-702. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2003.06.002. 
  2. ^ a b Lyras, G.A.; Van Der Geer, A.E.; Dermitzakis, M.; De Vos, J. (2006). "Cynotherium sardous, an insular canid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from the Pleistocene Of Sardinia (Italy), and its origin". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 (3): 735-745. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[735:CSAICM2.0.CO]. 
  3. ^ Moulle, P.E.; Echassoux, A.; Lacombat, F. (2006). "Taxonomie du grand canidé de la grotte du Vallonnet(Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes, France)". L' Anthropologie(Paris) 110 (5): 832-836. 
  4. ^ Werdelin, L.; Lewis, M.E. (2005). "Plio-Pleistocene Carnivora of eastern Africa: species richness and turnover patterns". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144 (2): 121-144. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00165.x. 
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