Canis nehringi

Canis nehringi
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Lujanian)
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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species:
C. nehringi
Binomial name
Canis nehringi

Canis nehringi is an extinct species of canid. Canis gezi, a poorly known small wolf from the Ensenadan age of South America, appears to have given rise to Canis nehringi, a Lujanian age species from Argentina. The species was first described by Florentino Ameghino in 1902.