Alopecocyon

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Alopecocyon Fossil range: mid Miocene
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Eutheria Superorder: Laurasiatheria Order: Carnivora Suborder: Caniformia Superfamily: Musteloidea Family: Ailuridae Subfamily: †Simocyoninae Genus: †Alopecocyon Species: †A. leardi
Binomial name
†Alopecocyon leardi Camp, 1940

Alopecocyon was a small relative of the modern Red Panda. It weighed only about 11 lbs (5 kg). It was closely related to Simocyon, a larger member of its group. Its fossils have been found in France, Poland, and Slovakia.

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