Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.
Nyctereutes
| Nyctereutes[1] Temporal range: Late Miocene - recent
| |
|---|---|
| |
| Common and Japanese raccoon dog | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Subfamily: | Caninae |
| Genus: | Nyctereutes Temminck, 1838[2] |
| Type species | |
| Canis viverrinus | |
| Species | |
Nyctereutes (Greek: nyx, nykt- "night" + ereutēs "wanderer") is a genus of canid which includes only two extant species, both known as raccoon dogs: the common raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) and the Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus).[1] Nyctereutes first entered the fossil record 5.5 million years ago (Mya) in northern China. It was one of the earliest canines to arrive in the Old World. All but two species became extinct before the end of the Pleistocene. A study suggests that the evolution of Nyctereutes was influenced by environmental and climatic changes, such as the expansion and contraction of forests and the fluctuations of temperature and precipitation.[3]
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
Wozencraft2005was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
Temminck1838was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
Farjandetal2021was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
Previous Page Next Page
