Kingdom Animalia Order Carnivora Subfamily Caninae Higher classification Caninae | Phylum Chordata Family Canidae Scientific name Speothos Rank Genus | |
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Similar Bush dog, Canidae, Mammal, Chrysocyon, Crab‑eating fox | ||
Bush dog speothos venaticus
Speothos is a genus of canid found in Central and South America. The genus includes the living bush dog, Speothos venaticus, as well as an extinct Pleistocene species, Speothos pacivorus. Unusually, the fossil species was identified and named prior to the discovery of the extant species, with the result that the type species of Speothos is S. pacivorus.
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Bush dogs speothos venaticus smelling giant armadillo burrow
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Speothos Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA