Atelocynus microtis (Sclater 1882)

[Canis] microtis Sclater 1882, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882: 631.

Type Locality: "Amazons," restricted by Hershkovitz (1957 a) to "south bank of the Rio Amazonas, Pará, Brazil." .

Vernacular Names: Short-eared Dog.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Atelocynus microtis subsp. microtis Sclater 1882

Subspecies Atelocynus microtis subsp. sclateri J. A. Allen 1905

Distribution: Amazonian basin: Bolivia (see Anderson, 1997), Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela (?).

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Reviewed by Hershkovitz (1961 a) and Berta (1986).