Amphicyonid

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Amphicyonids (extinct) | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Mammalia | ordo = Carnivora | familia = Amphicyonidae | subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies | subdivision = Amphicyoninae
Daphoeninae
Thanmastocyoninae }}

Amphicyonids are extinct Carnivora mammals from the family Amphicyonidae that were probably closely related to the Ursidae (bears). They are also known as bear-dogs.

This contains three subfamilies: the Amphicyoninae, the Daphoeninae and the Thanmastocyoninae.


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Classification

  • Family Amphicyonidae
    • Subfamily Amphicyoninae
      • Genus Euoplocyon
      • Genus Guangxicyon
        • G. sinoamericanus
      • Genus Haplocyon
        • H. elegans
        • H. crucians
      • Genus Haplocyonoides
        • H. mordax
        • H. serbiae
        • H. ponticus
      • Genus Haplocyonopsis
      • Genus Heducides
      • Genus Mammacyon
      • Genus Paradaphoenus
      • Genus Pericyon
      • Genus Proamphicyon
      • Genus Protemnocyon
      • Genus Pseudarctos
        • P. bavaricus
      • Genus Symplectocyon
      • Genus Harpagocyon
      • Genus Euroamphicyon
        • E. olisiponensis
      • Genus Pseudamphicyon
      • Genus Brachycyon
        • B. reyi
        • B. palaeolycos
        • B. gaudryi


Speculation exists as to whether the waheela - an unknown large, white wolf-like creature from the barren arctic wildernesses of northern Canada and Alaska - may be a surviving representative of the Amphicyonidae.

Also see Headless Valley.Template:Mammal-stub

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