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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Valenciano Vaquero, Alberto author Govender, Romala author Morales, Jorge author 2022 A new medium-sized canid, Eucyon khoikhoi sp. nov., is described from the early Pliocene site of Langebaanweg ‘E’ Quarry (South Africa). It possesses a robust dentition with large upper- and lower-second molars, an m1 talonid without a transverse cristid between the entoconid and the hypoconid, and a well-developed hypoconulid shelf. Our cladistic analysis of the earliest better-known African canini, places E. khoikhoi as the most basal taxon of an African clade composed of E. wokari, ?Nyctereutes barryi, ?Schaeffia mohibi and Schaeffia adusta (living side-striped jackal). We suggest an alternative arrangement for the poorly known East African E. intrepidus from the Late Miocene and E. kuta from the Middle Pliocene. Eucyon intrepidus could belong to the same clade as E. khoikhoi, unlike E. kuta, whose dentition suggests a closer relation with the Lupulella group. Thus, these results support the paraphyly of Eucyon, demonstrating the need for an in-depth review of the genus. Eucyon khoikhoi has a body mass comparable to E. kuta and the European E. debonisi and E. monticinensis. We conclude that E. khoikhoi may have had a comparable role in the ecosystem to the extant hypocarnivorous S. adusta. Valenciano, A., Morales, J., & Govender, R. (2022). eucyon khoikhoi sp. Nov. (Carnivora: Canidae)From langebaanweg ‘e’ quarry :(Early pliocene, south africa) the most complete african canini from the mio-pliocene. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 194(2), 366-394. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab022 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab022 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/130355 https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab022 https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/194/2/366/6288410 Eucyon khoikhoi sp. nov. (Carnivora: Canidae) from Langebaanweg ‘E’ Quarry (early Pliocene, South Africa): the most complete African canini from the Mio-Pliocene