Canis nehringi Temporal range: Pleistocene |
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Conservation status | |
Fossil
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Genus: | Canis |
Species: | †C. nehringi |
Binomial name | |
†Canis nehringi |
Canis nehringi is an extinct species of canid. Canis gezi, a poorly known small wolf from the Ensenadan of South America, appears to have given rise to Canis nehringi, a Lujanian species from Argentina. Betra’s [1](1988) analysis places Canis dirus and Canis nehringi as sister taxa and are the most derived members of the genus Canis in the New World.
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