Chailicyon

Chailicyon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Family:	Miacidae
Genus:	†Chailicyon Chow (1975)

Chailicyon is an extinct genus in the basal carnivoran family Miacidae that lived in Asia during the Middle to Late Eocene.^[1]

Taxonomy

Chailicyon was named by Chow (1975). It was assigned to Canidae by Carroll (1988).

Sources

↑ McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. p. 631. ISBN 978-0-231-11013-6.

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