Nyctereutes

Nyctereutes; Temporal range: 5.332–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Miocene - recent
	Two Japanese raccoon dogs (N. viverrinus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Subfamily:	Caninae
Genus:	Nyctereutes; Temminck, 1838
Type species
	Canis Procyonoides;
Species
	N. procyonoides; N. viverrinus;

Nyctereutes (Greek: nyx, nykt- "night" + ereutēs "wanderer") is a genus of canid which includes only two extant species both known as raccoon dogs, the common raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) and the Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus).^[1] Nyctereutes first entered the fossil record 5.5 million years ago (Mya) in northern China. It was one of the earliest canines to arrive in the Old World. All but two species became extinct before the Pleistocene.^{[citation needed]}

Nyctereutes megamastoides fossil skull

Species[]

Extant species[]

Nyctereutes procyonoides (Mongolia, Russian Far East, China, Korea, Vietnam; introduced to Europe)
Nyctereutes viverrinus (Japan)

Fossil species[]

†Nyctereutes abdeslami 3.6—1.8 Mya (Morocco)^[3]
†Nyctereutes donnezani 9.0—3.4 Mya (Eastern Europe, Spain)
†Nyctereutes megamastoides (Europe)
†Nyctereutes sinensis 3.6 Mya—781,000 years ago (Eastern Asia)^[4]
†Nyctereutes tingi
†Nyctereutes vinetorum
†Nyctereutes lockwoodi

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Wozencraft, C. W. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reader, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 1 (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 582–583. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Temminck, C.J. 1838. Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. Physiol. vol.5 p.285
^ Paleobiology Database: ''Nyctereutes abdeslami basic info.
^ Paleobiology Database: ''Nyctereutes sinensis basic info.

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[Wozencraft2005-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Wozencraft, C. W. (2005). "Order Carnivora". In Wilson, D. E.; Reader, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 1 (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 582–583. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.

[Temminck1838-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Temminck, C.J. 1838. Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. Physiol. vol.5 p.285

[3] Paleobiology Database: ''Nyctereutes abdeslami basic info.

[4] Paleobiology Database: ''Nyctereutes sinensis basic info.

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Nyctereutes^[1] Temporal range: 5.332–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Miocene - recent

Two Japanese raccoon dogs (N. viverrinus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Subfamily:	Caninae
Genus:	Nyctereutes Temminck, 1838^[2]
Type species
Canis Procyonoides^[2]
Species
N. procyonoides N. viverrinus