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Nyctereutes

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Nyctereutes
Two Raccoon Dogs
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Nyctereutes
Temminck, 1839
Species

Nyctereutes abdeslami (extinct)
Nyctereutes donnezani (extinct)
Nyctereutes megamastoides (extinct)
Nyctereutes procyonoides
Nyctereutes sinensis (extinct)
Nyctereutes tingi (extinct)
Nyctereutes vinetorum (extinct)

The Nyctereutes genus most likely diverged from other canids seven to ten million years ago.

  • Nyctereutes abdeslami1
  • Nyctereutes donnezani1
  • Nyctereutes megamastoides1
  • Nyctereutes procyonoides, or the Raccoon Dog
  • Nyctereutes sinensis1
  • Nyctereutes tingi1
  • Nyctereutes vinetorum1

1=extinct


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