| Eucyon ferox Temporal range: ~
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | †Eucyon |
| Species: | †E. ferox
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| †Eucyon ferox (Miller and Carranza-Castaneda, 1998)
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Eucyon ferox is a species of canid which was endemic to North America and lived during the late Hemphillian age (between the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene).[1] Originally described as a species of the extant genus Canis, this animal was thought to be an ancestor of the modern day coyote,[2] but recent taxonomic revision has reassigned this species to the extinct genus Eucyon.[1]
- ^ a b c Saverio Bartolini Lucenti; Lorenzo Rook (2020). ""Canis" ferox revisited: diet ecomorphology of some long gone (Late Miocene and Pliocene) fossil dogs". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 28 (2): 285–306. doi:10.1007/s10914-020-09500-1. S2CID 218694252.
- ^ Miller, Wade; Carranza-Castaneda, Oscar (1998). "Late Tertiary canids from central Mexico". Journal of Paleontology. 72 (3): 546–556. Bibcode:1998JPal...72..546M. doi:10.1017/S002233600002432X. S2CID 131832444.