Cuon Hodgson 1838

Cuon Hodgson 1838, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 1: 152.

Type Species: Canis primaevus Hodgson 1838

Synonyms: Anurocyon Heude 1888; Chrysaeus C. E. H. Smith 1839; Cyon Agassiz 1842; Primaevus Gray 1843; Primoevus Hodgson 1842 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 3 subspecies:

Species Cuon alpinus (Pallas 1811)

Subspecies Cuon alpinus subsp. alpinus Pallas 1811

Subspecies Cuon alpinus subsp. hesperius Afanasjev and Zolotarev 1935

Subspecies Cuon alpinus subsp. sumatrensis Hardwicke 1821

Discussion: Placed in subfamily Simocyoninae Dawkins, 1868, by Simpson (1945) and Stains (1975). Tedford et al. (1995) considered Cuon and Lycaon to be sister taxa.