Prototocyon
Extinct genus of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Protocyon.
Prototocyon is an extinct genus of small omnivorous canid that lived during the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene.[1] It is closely related to the living bat-eared fox (Otocyon).
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Prototocyon | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Genus: | †Prototocyon Pohle, 1928 |
Type species | |
†Prototocyon curvipalatus Bose, 1880 | |
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