Authority citation: Burmeister, H. 1866. Fauna Argentina. Primera parte. Mamíferos fosiles. Anales del Museo Público de Buenos Aires 1:87-300.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14522280
Original name as described: Canis avus
Nominal names: avus (Burmeister, 1866) | protojubatus (H. F. P. Gervais & F. Ameghino, 1880) | palaeoplatensis (F. Ameghino, 1891) [nomen novum] | platensis (Mercerat, 1891) | rusconii (L. Kraglievich, 1930) | platensia (Berman & Tonni, 1987) [incorrect subsequent spelling]
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Carnivora -- Family: Canidae
Type locality: Pleistocene levels in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
Past geographic Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Brazil (BRA) | Paraguay (PRY) | Uruguay (URY) | Argentina (ARG) | Chile (CHL)
Species Status: This species went extinct in the last 500 years, it lived in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Extinct
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