Aenocyon Merriam, 1918
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Canidae
- genus
- Aenocyon
diagnosis
The generic characters of Aenacg / on are found in the massiveness of skull and dentition, extreme overhang of the inion, shortness of the basicranial region posterior to the glenoid fossae, massiveness of the upper and lower carnassials, reduction of thc hypocone of M 1, and probably in characters of the Skeleton not as yet available from other material than that obtained at Rancho La Broa.
diagnosis
The recognized species of Aenocyon are A. dirus, A. milleri, and A. ayersi.
Name
- Homonyms
- Aenocyon Merriam, 1918