Xenocyon lycaonoides

Taxobox
name = "Xenocyon lycaonoides"
fossil_range = early to early middle Pleistocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
familia = Canidae
genus = †"Xenocyon"
species = †"X. lycaonoides"
binomial = †"Xenocyon lycaonoides"
binomial_authority = Kretzoi, 1938
synonyms = †"Canis africanus" Pohle, 1928

"Xenocyon lycaonoides" is an extinct canid from the Pleistocene of Africa and Eurasia.cite journal | author = Martínez-Navarro, B., and L. Rook | year = 2003 | title = Gradual evolution in the African hunting dog lineage: systematic implications | journal = Comptes Rendus Palevol | volume = 2 | pages = 695-702 | doi = 10.1016/j.crpv.2003.06.002] 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.cite journal | author = Lyras, G.A. | coauthors = Van Der Geer, A.E.; Dermitzakis, M.; De Vos, J. | year = 2006 | title = "Cynotherium sardous", an insular canid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from the Pleistocene Of Sardinia (Italy), and its origin | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 26 | issue = 3 | pages = 735-745 | doi = 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26 [735:CSAICM] 2.0.CO] cite journal | author = Moulle, P.E. | coauthors = Echassoux, A.; Lacombat, F. | year = 2006 | title = Taxonomie du grand canidé de la grotte du Vallonnet(Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes, France) | journal = L' Anthropologie(Paris) | volume = 110 | issue = 5 | pages = 832-836 | url = http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18357587 | accessdate = 2008-04-28] The generic assignment of "X. lycaonoides" is controversial. In addition to placement in "Xenocyon", some recent authorities have placed the species in the genera "Lycaon" and "Canis".cite journal | author = Werdelin, L. | coauthors = Lewis, M.E. | year = 2005 | title = Plio-Pleistocene Carnivora of eastern Africa: species richness and turnover patterns | journal = Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | volume = 144 | issue = 2 | pages = 121-144 | doi = 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00165.x]

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