Canis cedazoensis
Introduction '''''Canis cedazoensis''''' is an extinct species of smaller canid which was endemic to North America during the Pleistocene epoch, 1.8 Ma—300,000 years ago.Timeline highlighting ''Canis cedazoensis'' in redThe morphology and dentition of ''C. cedazoensis'' suggests a jackal-like animal that was more hypercarnivorous than any current jackal. ''C. cedazoensis'' is close in size to the living ''golden jackal''. It' appears to form an endemic clade with ''Canis thooides'' and ''Canis feneus'', and is possibly descended from ''Canis lepophagus''.''C. cedazoensis'' would have shared its habitat with both Armbruster's wolf and the dire wolf for approximately 1.8 million years before becoming extinct. Other competitors would have been the sabretooth cats ''Smilodon'' and ''Homotherium''.
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