Fossil Tooth of a Canid (Canidae, Possibly Cuon Alpinus) (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Fossil Tooth of a Canid (Canidae, Possibly Cuon Alpinus)

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Fossil tooth of a canid (Canidae, possibly Cuon alpinus), one of the three carnivore species from the Tam Ham Marklot cave's fossil assemblage. Cuon alpinus, the red dog of Asia or dhole, is still found today in Southeast Asia.

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Image courtesy of Nicolas Bourgon.

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