Cuon Hodgson 1838

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 578

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11344690
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scientific name	Cuon Hodgson 1838
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Cuon Hodgson 1838 View in CoL

Cuon Hodgson 1838 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 1: 152.

Type Species: Canis primaevus Hodgson 1838

Synonyms: Anurocyon Heude 1888 ; Chrysaeus C. E. H. Smith 1839 ; Cyon Agassiz 1842 ; Primaevus Gray 1843 ; Primoevus Hodgson 1842 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 3 subspecies:

Species Cuon alpinus ( Pallas 1811)

Subspecies Cuon alpinus subsp. alpinus Pallas 1811

Subspecies Cuon alpinus subsp. hesperius Afanasjev and Zolotarev 1935

Subspecies Cuon alpinus subsp. sumatrensis Hardwicke 1821

Discussion: Placed in subfamily Simocyoninae Dawkins, 1868 , by Simpson (1945) and Stains (1975). Tedford et al. (1995) considered Cuon and Lycaon to be sister taxa.