What is the binomial name of the maned wolf?

The binomial name of the maned wolf is Chrysocyon brachyurus.

The name places this unusual South American canine in Chrysocyon, a genus of which it is the only living species. Chrysocyon combines Greek words associated with “golden dog,” while brachyurus refers to its relatively short tail. Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger described the animal in 1815, originally using the name Canis brachyurus.

Despite its common name, the maned wolf is not a true wolf like Canis lupus. It is also not a fox, although its reddish coat and narrow face can look fox-like. Its closest living relative is generally considered the bush dog, Speothos venaticus, another distinctive South American canid. The maned wolf is much taller and more long-legged than either a typical wolf or fox.

It ranges across parts of Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Paraguay, especially in open grasslands and cerrado. Its diet includes small mammals, birds, fruit and especially the tomato-like lobeira fruit, giving it an important seed-dispersal role.