Protocyon
Extinct genus of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Prototocyon.
Protocyon is an extinct genus of large canid endemic to South and North America during the Late Pleistocene living from 781 to 12 thousand years ago.[1]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Canidae |
Tribe: | Canini |
Subtribe: | Cerdocyonina |
Genus: | †Protocyon 1855 (1855): Giebel |
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