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The oldest African fox (Vulpes riffautae n. sp., Canidae, Carnivora) recovered in late Miocene deposits of the Djurab desert, Chad.

Louis de Bonis¹, Stéphane Peigné, Andossa Likius, Hassane Taïsso Mackaye, Patrick Vignaud, Michel Brunet.

Abstract

We report on the oldest fox (Canidae) ever found in Africa. It is dated to 7 Ma based on the degree of evolution of the whole fauna. It belongs to a new species. Its overall size and some morphological characteristics distinguish the Chadian specimen from all the other foxes. The presence of Vulpes and of the genus Eucyon in slightly younger African locality, as well as in southwestern Europe in the late Miocene, may indicate that canids migrated in Europe from Africa through a trans-Mediterranean route.

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Year: 2007 PMID： 17361401 DOI： 10.1007/s00114-007-0230-6

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Naturwissenschaften ISSN： 0028-1042

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