Daphoenictis

Daphoenictis is an extinct cat-like genus of the family Amphicyonidae (bear-dogs), subfamily Daphoeninae, endemic to North America during the Late Eocene subepoch (37.2-33.9 million years ago), existing for approximately 3.3 million years. Daphoenictis' geographical range was mid-western North America; from central Canada, to Texas, U.S. Only one species is known, Daphoenictis tedfordi.

Daphoenictis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Caniformia
Family:	†Amphicyonidae
Genus:	†Daphoenictis Hunt, 1974
Species:	†D. tedfordi
Binomial name
†Daphoenictis tedfordi Hunt, 1974

References

Larry D. Martin."Fossil history of terrestrial Carnivora". In John Gittleman, ed., Carnivore Behavior, Ecology and Evolution, 1989, pp. 558–559.