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Brachyrhyncocyon

Brachyrhynchocyon
Amherst College Museum of Natural History - IMG 6453.JPG
B. dodgei on the left
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Amphicyonidae
Genus: Brachyrhynchocyon
Loomis 1936
Species
  • B. dodgei Scott 1898
  • B. intermedius
  • B. montanus
Synonyms
  • Daphoenocyon dodgei
  • Daphoenus dodgei
  • Daphoenus felinus
  • Brachicyon
  • Daphoenocyon

Brachyrhynchocyon is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivore, which belonged to the family Amphicyonidae ("bear dogs") of the suborder Caniformia.


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