The remarkable Panthera pardus (Felidae, Mammalia) record from Equi (Massa, Italy): taphonomy, morphology, and paleoecology

E Ghezzo, L Rook - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Leopard remains are rare in the European fossil record, probably a consequence of its
solitary and elusive habits. Equi, dating back to Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS3), represents a …

[HTML][HTML] The first evidence for Late Pleistocene dogs in Italy

F Boschin, F Bernardini, E Pilli, S Vai, C Zanolli… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The identification of the earliest dogs is challenging because of the absence and/or mosaic
pattern of morphological diagnostic features in the initial phases of the domestication …

[HTML][HTML] History of Polish Canidae (Carnivora, Mammalia) and their biochronological implications on the Eurasian background

A Marciszak, A Kropczyk, W Gornig, M Kot… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
The remains of 12 canid species that date back ca. 4.9 myr have been found at 116
paleontological localities. Among these localities, eight are dated to the Pliocene age, 12 …

The first record of Cuon alpinus (Pallas, 1811) from Poland and the possible impact of other large canids on the evolution of the species

A Marciszak, A Kropczyk… - Journal of Quaternary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The presence of Cuon alpinus in Poland is documented here for the first time. Between 650
and 450 ka, Lycaon lycaonoides dominated the open lands, while Cuon alpinus priscus …

Carnivores from Draby 3 (central Poland): The latest record of Lycaon lycaonoides (Kretzoi, 1938) and the final accord in the long history of ancient faunas

A Marciszak, W Gornig, A Szynkiewicz - Quaternary International, 2023 - Elsevier
The occurrence of the phylogenetic lineage of the genus Lycaon covers the entire
Pleistocene. A younger form, Lycaon lycaonoides, was recorded from 68 African, Eurasian …

Morphometry of a partial Late Pleistocene dhole (Cuon alpinus europaeus (Bourguignat, 1868); Carnivora, Canidae) skeleton from Llonin Cave (Asturias, Spain) and …

A Sanchis, E Duarte, L Pérez, C Real… - Geobios, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, we present the remains of a single dhole discovered in three Late Pleistocene
levels (Cono Posterior sector) of Llonin Cave, in Asturias (Spain). Said remains consist of …

[HTML][HTML] Ancient DNA from the Asiatic Wild Dog (Cuon alpinus) from Europe

UH Taron, JLA Paijmans, A Barlow, M Preick, A Iyengar… - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Asiatic wild dog (Cuon alpinus), restricted today largely to South and Southeast Asia,
was widespread throughout Eurasia and even reached North America during the …

When did Cuon reach Java?–Reinvestigation of canid fossils from Homo erectus faunas

R Volmer, AAE van der Geer, PA Cabrera, UP Wibowo… - Geobios, 2019 - Elsevier
The presence of the genus Cuon during the Pleistocene of Java is attested by the endemic
species C. sangiranensis and C. crassidens, sometimes classified as C. alpinus, a species …

Cuon alpinus (Pallas, 1811) from the Late Pleistocene site of Ingarano (Foggia, southern Italy) and insights on the Eurasian Middle to Late Pleistocene record

B Mecozzi, SB Lucenti, DA Iurino - Alpine and Mediterranean …, 2020 - air.unimi.it
In this study, we report for the first time the presence of Cuon alpinus from the Late
Pleistocene site of Ingarano (Foggia, southern Italy), represented by an right upper first …

[HTML][HTML] Multiple Lines of Ecological Evidence Support Ancient Contact Between the African Wild Dog and the Dhole

RG Rocha, J Goncalves, P Tarroso… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Genomic tools have greatly enhanced our ability to uncover ancient interspecific gene flow,
including cases involving allopatric lineages and/or lineages that have gone extinct …