Lycaon

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Caniformia
Familia: Canidae
Genus: Lycaon
Species: L. pictus

[edit] Name

Lycaon Brookes, 1827

Type species: Lycaon tricolor Brookes, 1827 (= Hyaena picta Temminck, 1820) by monotypy (Melville and Smith, 1987).

[edit] Synonyms

• Cynhyaena F. G. Cuvier, 1829
• Hyaenoides Gervais, 1855
• Hyenoides Boitard, 1842
• Kynos Rüppell, 1842

[edit] References

• In Griffith et al., Anim. Kingdom, 5: 151.
• Lycaon on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Lycaon Brookes, 1827 Report on ITIS

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