| Alopecocyon Temporal range: mid Miocene |
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| Conservation status | |
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Fossil
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| 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 |
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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.