Dusicyon ( lat. , From Greek literally stupid dog) is a genus of extinct predatory mammals from the Canidae family that lived in South America . The possible name of the genus in Russian is South American foxes [2] , the same as the genus Lycalopex .
| † Dusicyon |
Falkland fox .
Drawing by J. G. Kölemans , 1890 |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
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Dusicyon CH Smith , 1839 |
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- Ducicyon , orth. var. [one]
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According to the Fossilworks website, as of September 2016, 3 extinct species are included in the genus [1] , as well as another one, according to IUCN :
- Dusicyon australis (Kerr, 1792) - Falkland Fox [3]
- Dusicyon avus Burmeister, 1866 [ syn. Canis platensis Mercerat, 1891 , Ducicyon avus (Burmeister, 1866) ]
- Dusicyon cultridens Molina, 1782
- Dusicyon sechurae Thomas, 1900
The species Dusicyon avus was distributed in the Late Pleistocene in southern Brazil , in the territory of modern Uruguay and Argentina and in the southern part of Chile, and became extinct about 1600 years ago, but it is likely that it became extinct 500-300 years ago. Dusicyon cultridens is known only from fossil remains in Argentina and lived in the middle of the Pliocene , from 2.8 to 2.6 million years ago. Dusicyon sechurae lived on the territory of modern Ecuador in the Upper Pleistocene.
