In Depth
Originally thought to represent an extinct species of Cerdocyon (crab eating fox), C. avius was moved to its own genus and named Ferrucyon in 2020. Ferrucyon is also thought to be more of a vulpine type of fox.
Further reading
- The Pliocene canid Cerdocyon avius was not the type of fox that we thought. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (2): e1774889. - Dami�n Ruiz-Ramoni, Francisco Juan Prevosti, Saverio Bartolini Lucenti, Marisol Montellano-Ballesteros & Ana Luisa Carre�o - 2020.
