Canis volgensis Pawlowa, 1931 (1930?)
Volga dog
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: c. 100 AD (Late Pleistocene?)
Distribution
Russia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Pavlowa*, M. V. (1931). Mammifères posttertiaires trouvés sur les bords du Volga près de Senguiley, et quelques formes provenant d’autres localités. Ann. Soc. Pal. Russie 9: 1-42. [published in 1930?]
* Pavlowa, Pawlowa or Pawlow?
Other references:
Bendukidze, Oleg G. (1997). The Late Pleistocene primitive dog (Canis volgensis) and goat (Capra dzudzuana) of the Western Transcaucasia: Old world hunters and gatherers. Anthropozoologica Y. 25: 285-286
Lemoine, Rhys Taylor, Buitenwerf, Robert, Faurby, Sören and Svenning, Jens-Christian. (2025). Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late-Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(7): e70078. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70078 [Supporting Information: Data S1]
Vereshchagin, N. K. and Baryshnikov, G. F. (1984). Quarternary Mammals Extinctions in Northern Eurasia, pp. 483-516. In: Martin, P. S. and Klein, R. G. (eds.). Quaternary Extinctions: A Prehistoric Revolution. Tuscon, Arizona: University of Arizona Press.