| Vulpes riffautae[1] Temporal range: late Miocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Vulpes |
| Species: | †V. riffautae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Vulpes riffautae de Bonis et al., 2007 |
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Vulpes riffautae is an extinct species of fox from the late Miocene of Chad (approximately 7 ma). Fossils of V. riffautae potentially represent the earliest record of the dog family (Canidae) in the Old World.[1] V. riffautae was intermediate in size between the Rüppell's Fox (Vulpes rueppellii) and Fennec Fox (V. zerda).