Daphoenictis

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Daphoenictis
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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

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.

References

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