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Cubacyon transversidens Arredondo & Varona, 1974

Cuban dhole

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Now considered a synonym of Canis lupus familiaris (domestic dog)

 

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym)

 

Distribution

Cuba

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Arredondo, Oscar and Varona, L. S. (1974). Nuevos género y especie de mamífero (Carnivora: Canidae) del cuaternario de Cuba. Poeyana 131: 1-12.

 

Other references:

Borroto-Páez, Rafael, Mancina, Carlos A., Woods, Charles A. and Kilpatrick, C. William. (2012). Checklist: Updated Checklist of Endemic Terrestrial Mammals of the West Indies, pp. 389-415. In: Borroto-Páez, Rafael, Woods, Charles A. and Sergile, F. E. (eds.). Terrestrial Mammals of the West Indies: Contributions. Gainesville, Florida: Florida Museum of Natural History and Wacahoota Press. 482 pp.

Condis, Marjorie M. Jiménez, Osvaldo and Balseiro, Fernando. (2007). Mamiferos del Registro Fósil y Asociados a Sitios Arqueológicas de Cuba (Terciaria y Cuaternario). [incomplete citation]

McKenna, M. C. and Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press.

http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2007/12/22/cuban-canids-darwins-fox/

 

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