Nyctereutes donnezani

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Canidae
Nyctereutes donnezani
Temporal range: Pliocene
Fossil of Nyctereutes donnezani from Çalta, central Turkey, early Pliocene
Illustration of Nyctereutes donnezani from "History of Polish Canidae (Carnivora, Mammalia) and Their Biochronological Implications on the Eurasian Background" (Marciszak et al., Genes, 2023)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Nyctereutes
Species:
N. donnezani
Binomial name
Nyctereutes donnezani
(Depéret, 1890)
Range map

Nyctereutes donnezani is an extinct relative of the raccoon dog. It has been found in Spain,[1] Poland,[2] Greece,[3] and Turkey.[4]


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