Short-eared dog

Short-eared dog
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Tribe: Canini
Subtribe: Cerdocyonina
Genus: Atelocynus
Cabrera, 1940
Species:
A. microtis
Binomial name
Atelocynus microtis
(Sclater, 1883)
Subspecies
Short-eared dog range

The short-eared dog (Atelocynus microtis), also known as the small-eared dog, is a unique and elusive canid species endemic to the Amazonian basin. This is the only species assigned to the genus Atelocynus.