Nyctereutes

Nyctereutes
Nyctereutes[1]
Two Raccoon Dogs
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Subfamily: Caninae
Genus: Nyctereutes
Temminck, 1839
Species

N. abdeslami
N. donnezani
N. megamastoides
N. procyonoides
N. sinensis
N. tingi
N. vinetorum

Nyctereutes is an east Asian genus of the family Canidae, consisting of just one living species, the Raccoon Dog.[1] Nyctereutes appeared about 9.0 Ma, with all but one species becoming extinct before the Pleistocene.

Taxonomy

Nyctereutes megamastoides fossil

It is considered a basal genus, resembling the ancestral form of Canidae. It most likely diverged from other canids seven to ten million years ago.

Nyctereutes was named by Temminck (1839). It was assigned to Canidae by Carroll (1988) and Geraads (1997).[2][3]

Species

  • Nyctereutes abdeslami 3.6—1.8 Ma (Morocco)[4]
  • Nyctereutes donnezani 9.0—3.4 Ma. (Eastern Europe, Spain)
  • Nyctereutes procyonoides (Mongolia, Russian Far East, China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam)
  • Nyctereutes sinensis 3.6 Ma—781,000 years ago (Eastern Asia)[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Wozencraft, W. Christopher (16 November 2005). "Order Carnivora (pp. 532-628)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 581. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=14000824. 
  2. ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
  3. ^ D. Geraads. 1997. Carnivores du Pliocene terminal de Ahl al Oughlam (Casablanca, Maroc). Géobios 30(1):127-164
  4. ^ Paleobiology Database: ''Nyctereutes abdeslami basic info.
  5. ^ Paleobiology Database: ''Nyctereutes sinensis basic info.



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