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Nyctereutes donnezani

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Nyctereutes donnezani
Temporal range: Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Nyctereutes
Species:
N. donnezani
Binomial name
Nyctereutes donnezani
(Depéret, 1890)
Range map

Nyctereutes donnezani is an extinct relative of the raccoon dog. It has been found in Spain,[1] Poland,[2] Greece,[3] and Turkey.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Aguirre, E; Soria, D (1981). "Accumulated bones in a Pliocene cave in Cerro Pelado, Spain". National Geographic Society Research Reports.
  2. ^ Kowalski, K (1962). "Fauna of Bats from the Pliocene of Weze in Poland". Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia.
  3. ^ Koufos, G. D.; Syrides, G. E.; Koliadimou, K. K. (1991). "A Pliocene primate from Macedonia (Greece)". Journal of Human Evolution. 21 (4): 283–294. doi:10.1016/0047-2484(91)90109-9.
  4. ^ Sen, S.; Bouvrain, G.; Geraads, D. (1998). "Pliocene vertebrate locality of Calta, Ankara, Turkey. 12. Paleoecology, biogeography and biochronology". Geodiversitas.