Canis arnensis
| Canis arnensis Temporal range: Early Pleistocene 1.9-1.6 Ma | |
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| Canis arnensis reconstruction from fossilized bone fragments | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Genus: | Canis |
| Species: | †C. arnensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Canis arnensis Del Campana, 1913 | |
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Canis arnensis, the Arno River dog, is an extinct species of canine that was endemic to Mediterranean Europe during the Early Pleistocene. The Arno River dog has been described as a small jackal-like dog. Its anatomy and morphology relate it more to the modern golden jackal (Canis aureus) than to the larger Etruscan wolf of that time. It is probably the ancestor of modern jackals.
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