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Indocyon caribensis (Arredondo, 1981a)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Paracyon caribensis Arredondo, 1981a

 

Now considered a synonym of Canis lupus familiaris.

 

Conservation Status

Invalid (synonym)

 

Distribution

Cuba

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Arredondo, Oscar. (1981a). Nuevo género y especie de mamífero (Carnivora: Canidae) del Holoceno de Cuba. Poeyana 218: 1-28.

 

Other references:

Arredondo, Oscar. (1981b). Reemplazo de Paracyon por Indocyon (Carnivora: Canidae). Misc. Zool. Acad. Cien. Cuba 12: 4.

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/

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/11068/indocyon-caribensis-indian-mute-dog

 

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