Phlaocyon

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Phlaocyon Fossil range: early Oligocene to early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Canidae Subfamily: †Borophaginae Genus: †Phlaocyon Matthew, 1899
Type species
†Phlaocyon leucosteus
Species
†P. leucosteus †P. achoros †P. annectens †P. latidens †P. mariae †P. marslandensis †P. minor †P. multicuspus †P. taylori †P. yatkolai
Synonyms
Aletocyon Romer and Sutton, 1927 Bassariscops Peterson, 1924

Phlaocyon ("crushing dog") is an extinct genus of canid.

The 80 cm (2 ft 8 in) long creature looked more like a cat or raccoon than a dog, but its skull anatomy has proven it to be a primitive canine. Phlaocyon probably lived like a raccoon, often climbing trees. Its head was short, wide and had forward-facing eyes. Unlike modern canines, Phlaocyon had no teeth that it could cut flesh with. It is thought to have been an omnivore.^[1]

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v • d • e Extinct members of the family Canidae Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Carnivora · Suborder: Caniformia †Hesperocyoninae †Prohesperocyon · †Hesperocyon · †Mesocyon · †Cynodesmus · †Sunkahetanka · †Philotrox · †Enhydrocyon · †Paraenhydrocyon · †Osbornodon · †Caedocyon · †Ectopocynus †Borophaginae †Archaeocyon · †Oxetocyon · †Otarocyon · †Rhizocyon · †Cynarctoides · †Phlaocyon · †Cormocyon · †Desmocyon · †Metatomarctus · †Euoplocyon · †Psalidocyon · †Microtomarctus · †Protomarctus · †Tephrocyon · †Paracynarctus · †Cynarctus · †Tomarctus · †Aelurodon · †Paratomarctus · †Carpocyon · †Protepicyon · †Epicyon · †Borophagus Caninae (extinct genera) †Leptocyon · †Prototocyon · †Eucyon · †Protocyon · †Theriodictis · †Dusicyon · †Nurocyon · †Xenocyon · †Cynotherium Category

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