Maned wolf
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phylum | Chordata | The maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) is the largest canid of South America, resembling a large fox with reddish fur. fox with reddish fur. This mammal is found in open and semi-open habitats, especially grasslands with scattered bushes and trees, in south, central-west and south-eastern Brazil, Paraguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia east and north of the Andes and far south-eastern Peru.
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class | Mammalia | |
infraclass | Eutheria | |
order | Carnivora | |
suborder | Caniformia | |
family | Canidae | |
genus | Chrysocyon | |
species | C. brachyurus |