Carpocyon

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Carpocyon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivoramorpha
Family: † Borophaginae
Genus: † Carpocyon
Webb, 1969
Binomial name
† Carpocyon webbi
Webb, 1969
Type species
† Carpocyon webbi

Carpocyon is an extinct genus of Borophaginae. It contains four species: C. compressus, C. limosus, C. robustus, and C. webbi, and was named by Webb in 1969. Carpocyon is an example of an omnivorous Borophaginae. It was between the size of a jackal and a small wolf.

[edit] Sources

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