Subfamily Caninae Gill 1872 (canine)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 90655
Parent taxon: Canidae according to L. B. Albright et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Alopex, Amphicyon angustidens, Atelocynus, Borophaginae, Chailicyon, Cubacyon, Cynodictis, Cynotherium, Dusicyon, Dysodus, Gobicyon, Hesperocyoninae, Lycaon, Neovulpavus, Nyctereutes, Otocyon, Otocyoninae, Plesiocyon, Protemnocyon, Protocyon, Prototocyon, Speothos, Synagodus, Vulpes
Subtaxa: Canini, Eucyon, Leptocyon, Vulpini
Ecology: scansorial insectivore