Canis nehringi

Canis nehringi
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Lujanian)
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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
Ameghino, 1902
Synonyms
  • Dinocynops nehringi Ameghino, 1902
  • Stereocyon nehringi Mercerat, 1917

Canis nehringi is an extinct species of canid. Canis gezi, a poorly known small wolf from the Ensenadan age of South America, appears to have given rise to Canis nehringi, a Lujanian age species from Argentina. The species was first described by Florentino Ameghino in 1902. Some paleontologists believe that C. nehringi does not belong to the genus Canis, but may be part of the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) lineage, a separate genus, or simply a junior synonym.

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