Atelocynus Cabrera, 1940 . Notas Mus. La Plata 5:14.

TYPE SPECIES: Canis microtis Sclater, 1883, by original designation.

COMMENTS: See comments under Dusicyon . Placed in Atelocynus by Cabrera (1931, 1958), Langguth (1975), Stains (1975), and Berta (1985, 1986, 1988). Van Gelder (1978) considered Atelocynus a subgenus of Canis .