恐犬
恐犬(Borophagus)是恐犬亞科下已滅絕的動物,並且是該亞科的模式屬。雖然恐犬並非恐犬亞科中最大的動物之一,但牠有能咬碎骨頭的能力,比較大的上犬更強。[2]
恐犬属 | |
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Borophagus cyonoides | |
科学分类 | |
界: | 动物界 Animalia |
门: | 脊索动物门 Chordata |
纲: | 哺乳纲 Mammalia |
目: | 食肉目 Carnivora |
科: | 犬科 Canidae |
亚科: | †恐犬亞科 Borophaginae |
属: | †恐犬属 Borophagus Cope, 1892 |
模式種 | |
†Borophagus diversidens | |
種[1] | |
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參考
- Wang, Xiaoming; Richard Tedford, Beryl Taylor. (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 1999-11-17, 243 [2007-07-08]. (原始内容 (PDF)存档于2007-03-20).
- Alan Turner. . Washington, D.C.: Firecrest Books Ltd. 2004: 112–114. ISBN 0-7922-7134-3.
- Xiaoming Wang, "The Origin and Evolution of the Dog Family" Accessed 1/30/06.
其他資料
- Russell Hunt, "Ecological Polarities Of the North American Family Canidae: A New Approach to Understanding Forty Million Years of Canid Evolution" (Accessed 1/30/06).
- Wang et al., "Phylogenetic Systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora:Canidae)." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, No. 243, Nov. 17 1999. (PDF) (Accessed 4/11/06)
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