Nyctereutes abdeslami Temporal range:
Pliocene
| |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Genus: | Nyctereutes |
Species: | †N. abdeslami
|
Binomial name | |
†Nyctereutes abdeslami Geraads, 1997
[1]
|
Nyctereutes abdeslami is an extinct relative of the raccoon dog from the Pliocene. [2] A jaw from the species was found in Morocco. Scientists have noticed that Nyctereutes abdeslami had much larger molars than other species of its genus, suggesting a larger body.
Nyctereutes abdeslami Temporal range:
Pliocene
| |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Genus: | Nyctereutes |
Species: | †N. abdeslami
|
Binomial name | |
†Nyctereutes abdeslami Geraads, 1997
[1]
|
Nyctereutes abdeslami is an extinct relative of the raccoon dog from the Pliocene. [2] A jaw from the species was found in Morocco. Scientists have noticed that Nyctereutes abdeslami had much larger molars than other species of its genus, suggesting a larger body.