Andean wolf

The Andean Wolf (Dasycyon hagenbecki) is a purported canine that is falsely labelled a wolf.[1] In 1927, Lorenz Hagenbeck bought one of three pelts from a dealer in Buenos Aires who claimed that they had come from a wild dog of the Andes. The German mammalogist Ingo Krumbiegel published two papers describing the animal and giving it the scientific name of Dasycyon hagenbecki.[2][3] The American zoologist Howard J. Stains supported Krumbeigel's new genus Dasycyon.[4][5][6] Other mammalogists believe that the skin was that of a domestic dog.[6]

References
  1. Busch, Robert (August 1, 2007). Wolf Almanac, New and Revised: A Celebration Of Wolves And Their World. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 13. ISBN 1461749719.
  2. Krumbiegel, I. von. 1949. Der Andenwolf-ein neuentdecktes Grosstier. Unschau Wiss. Tech., vol. 19, pp. 590-591.
  3. Krumbiegel, I. von. 1953. Der "Andenwolf', Dasycyon hagenbecki (Krumbeigel, 1949). Saugetierk. Mitt., vol. 1, pp. 97-104.
  4. Stains, Howard J. 1967. Carnivores and pinnipeds. In S. Anderson and J. K. Jones (eds.), Recent mammals of the world, a synopsis of families. New York, The Ronald Press Co., pp. 325-354.
  5. Stains, Howard J. 1975. Distribution and taxonomy of the Canidae. In M. W. Fox (ed.), The wild canids, their systematics, behavioral ecology and evolution. New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., pp. 3-26
  6. Van Gelder, Richard G. (April 21, 1978). "A Review of Canid Classification" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. The American Museum of Natural History (2646): 2.
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