Protocyon

Not to be confused with Prototocyon or Procyon.

Protocyon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Tribe: Canini
Subtribe: Cerdocyonina
Genus: †Protocyon
Giebel, 1855
Type species
†Canis troglodytes
Lund, 1838
Species
  • †P. troglodytes (Lund, 1838)
  • †P.? tarijensis (Ameghino, 1902)
  • †P. scagliarum Kraglievich, 1952
  • †P. orocualensis Ruiz-Ramoni, Wang & Rincón, 2022
Synonyms

Protocyon (from Greek for "first dog") is an extinct genus of large canid endemic to South and Central America from the Late Pliocene to the Late Pleistocene.

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