Canis nehringi
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†C. nehringi
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†Canis nehringi |
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Canis nehringi is an extinct species of canid. Canis gezi, a poorly known small wolf from the Ensenadan of South America, appears to have given rise to Canis nehringi, a Lujanian species from Argentina. Betra’s (1988) analysis[1] places Canis dirus and Canis nehringi as sister taxa and as the most derived members of the genus Canis in the New World.
In 2010, a genetic study indicated that Canis nehringi and the dire wolf Canis dirus were the same species, with the gray wolf Canis lupus being in a sister clade.[2]