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Nyctereutes sp.

genus Nyctereutes Temminck, 1838

• Modern species: Pliocene - Present (5.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• Classification
• kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Canidae

• Distribution
• Quaternary: Aichi
• Pleistocene: Tochigi, Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, Ehime

• Subtaxa
• N. procyonoides, Raccoon dog
• N. vivverrinus nipponicus