Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Synonym: Cynodesmus petersoni Radinsky 1973 [nomen nudum]

Full reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392

Parent taxon: Borophagini according to X. Wang et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Aelurodontina, Borophagina, Cormocyon, Cynarctina, Euoplocyon, Metatomarctus, Microtomarctus, Protomarctus, Psalidocyon, Tephrocyon

Subtaxa: Desmocyon matthewi, Desmocyon thomsoni

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore