Chrysocyon brachyurus (Illiger, 1815)

Costa, Ana Raíssa Cunha, Passamani, Marcelo & da Cunha, Rogério Grassetto Teixeira, 2019, Survey of medium-sized and large mammals in semideciduous Atlantic Forest patches near Alfenas, southern Minas Gerais, Brazil, Check List 15 (1), pp. 209-218 : 213

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/15.1.209

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Chrysocyon brachyurus (Illiger, 1815)
status

 

Chrysocyon brachyurus (Illiger, 1815) View in CoL

Figure 4A

Material examined. Table 1.

Identification. Chrysocyon brachyurus is a large canid with an orangish-brown color, long and dark limbs, large ears and a long snout. These observable characters make this species clearly distinct from any other in the region.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Canidae

Genus

Chrysocyon

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