Alopecocyon
Alopecocyon Temporal range: mid-Miocene | |
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Fossil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Subclass: | Eutheria |
Superorder: | Laurasiatheria |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Caniformia |
Superfamily: | Musteloidea |
Family: | Ailuridae |
Subfamily: | †Simocyoninae |
Genus: | †Alopecocyon Camp & Vanderhoof, 1940 |
Type species | |
†Alopecocyon goeriachensis Toula, 1884 | |
Species | |
†A. goeriachensis (Toula, 1884) |
Alopecocyon was a small relative of the modern red panda. It weighed only about 11 lb (5 kg). It was closely related to Simocyon, a larger member of its group. Its fossils have been found in France, Poland, and Slovakia.
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