Speothos pacivorus

The Pleistocene bush dog (Speothos pacivorus) is an extinct canid species in the genus Speothos from the Late Pleistocene. It was a relative of the extant bush dog. When compared to the bush dog, S. pacivorus had an overall larger body size, a straighter radial shaft and a double-rooted second lower molar.^[1]

Speothos pacivorus Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Lujanian)- Early Holocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Family:	Canidae
Subfamily:	Caninae
Genus:	Speothos
Species:	†S. pacivorus
Binomial name
†Speothos pacivorus Lund 1839