Short-eared dog
| Short-eared dog | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Tribe: | Canini |
| Subtribe: | Cerdocyonina |
| Genus: | Atelocynus Cabrera, 1940 |
| Species: | A. microtis
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| Binomial name | |
| Atelocynus microtis (Sclater, 1883)
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| Short-eared dog range | |
The short-eared dog (Atelocynus microtis), also known as the small-eared dog, short-eared fox or small eared zorro is a unique and elusive canid species endemic to the Amazonian basin. This is the only species assigned to the genus Atelocynus.