page_title: Canis etruscus
section_title: Type Specimen
hierarchical_section_title: Canis etruscus / Taxonomy / Type Specimen
caption_attribution_description: English: Illustration of Canis etruscus based on skeletal mount here. Head based on skull restoration by Mauricio Antón. Colour based on extant Himalayan wolf
context_page_description: Canis etruscus is an extinct species of canine that was endemic to Mediterranean Europe during the Early Pleistocene. The Etruscan wolf has been described as a small wolf-like dog. The Etruscan wolf has been accepted as the ancestor of C. mosbachensis that is the ancestor of the gray wolf for a long time. A recent research suggest that C. borjgali from Dmanisi has to be considered the ancestor of C. mosbachensis.
context_section_description: The lectotype is a cranium from an unrecorded locality of Upper Valdarno. It is housed in the Montevarchi Paleontological Museum. The specimen has been designed as lectotype by the Italian paleontologist Danilo Torre in 1967 from the sample described by Forsyth Major.
caption: Artist's rendition
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