Speothos pacivorus
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Speothos pacivorus is an extinct relative of the Bush Dog
whose fossils date from the late Pleistocene
. When compared to the Bush Dog, S. pacivorus had an overall larger body size and a double-rooted second lower molar
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Bush Dog
The bush dog is a canid found in Central and South America, including Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru , Ecuador, the Guianas, Paraguay, northeast Argentina and Brazil...
whose fossils date from the late Pleistocene
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene is the epoch from 2,588,000 to 11,700 years BP that spans the world's recent period of repeated glaciations. The name pleistocene is derived from the Greek and ....
. When compared to the Bush Dog, S. pacivorus had an overall larger body size and a double-rooted second lower molar
Molar (tooth)
Molars are the rearmost and most complicated kind of tooth in most mammals. In many mammals they grind food; hence the Latin name mola, "millstone"....
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