Cormocyon

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Cormocyon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivoramorpha
Family: †Borophaginae
Genus: †Cormocyon
(Wang and Tedford, 1992)
Type species
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Species
  • †C. haydeni
  • †C. copei

Cormocyon is an extinct genus of Borophaginae. It contains two species: Cormocyon copei and Cormocyon haydeni. It was first named by Wang and Tedford in 1992, who described it as a primitive borophagini genus after comparing it to Nothocyon geismarianus.

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