Borophagus
Extinct genus of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Borophagus ("gluttonous eater") is an extinct genus of the subfamily Borophaginae, a group of canids endemic to North America from the Middle Miocene epoch through the Early Pleistocene epoch 12—1.8 Mya.[1]
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Borophagus[1] | |
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Borophagus secundus skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Subfamily: | †Borophaginae |
Tribe: | †Borophagini |
Subtribe: | †Borophagina |
Genus: | †Borophagus Cope, 1892 |
Type species | |
†Borophagus diversidens | |
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