Desmocyon

Desmocyon
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Subfamily: †Borophaginae
Tribe: †Borophagini
Genus: †Desmocyon
Wang et al., 1999
Species
  • †D. matthewi
  • †D. thomsoni
Range of Desmocyon based on fossil distribution

Desmocyon is an extinct genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America.[1] It lived from the Late Oligocene to the Early Miocene, 24.8—16.3 Mya, existing for approximately 8.5 mya.[2] It is a rarely found genus, with fossil deposits only occurring in western Nebraska, Wyoming, New Mexico and north Florida. It is regarded as a primitive, transitional member of the Borophagini tribe.[3]

References

  1. ^ https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1288&context=museummammalogy. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ Desmocyon, fossilworks
  3. ^ Wang, Xiaoming; Tedford, Richard H. (2008). Dogs, Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History. Columbia. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-231-13528-3.
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  • The Biology and Conservation of Wild Canids by David W. Macdonald and Claudio Sillero-Zubiri; page 42 ISBN 0-19-851556-1


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