Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 65(1-2) 2022

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VOL 65(1-2) 2022

DOI:

10.3409/azc.65.02

Keywords:

Pleistocene megafauna, Quaternary carnivores of Europe, extinct mammals of the Balkan Peninsula, fossil Canidae, Quaternary extinctions

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Pleistocene distribution of the Asiatic wild dog (Cuon Hodgson, 1838) (Carnivora, Bowdich, 1821 – Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758) in Bulgaria – a review

• Zlatozar BOEV

Abstract:

In this article the first summary of data on the past distribution of the dhole in Bulgaria is presented. A total of five Pleistocene localities, with Cuon represented by three taxa (Cuon alpinus europaeus, Cuon cf. stehlini and Cuon sp.), are known in the country. These localities all represent former human dwellings from 1.8 Mya to 20,000 BP. The altitudinal distribution of the species in Bulgaria ranged from 260 to 430 m a.s.l.