Bear dog

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iAmphicyonids (extinct)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Amphicyonidae

Subfamilies

Amphicyoninae
Daphoeninae
Thanmastocyoninae

Amphicyonids are extinct Carnivora mammals from the family Amphicyonidae that were probably closely related to the Ursidae (bears). They are also known as bear-dogs.

This contains three subfamilies: the Amphicyoninae, the Daphoeninae and the Thanmastocyoninae.

[edit] Classification

Family Amphicyonidae
- Subfamily Amphicyoninae
  - Genus Euoplocyon
  - Genus Guangxicyon
    - G. sinoamericanus
  - Genus Haplocyon
    - H. elegans
    - H. crucians
  - Genus Haplocyonoides
    - H. mordax
    - H. serbiae
    - H. ponticus
  - Genus Haplocyonopsis
  - Genus Heducides
  - Genus Mammacyon
  - Genus Paradaphoenus
  - Genus Pericyon
  - Genus Proamphicyon
  - Genus Protemnocyon
  - Genus Pseudarctos
    - P. bavaricus
  - Genus Symplectocyon
  - Genus Harpagocyon
  - Genus Euroamphicyon
    - E. olisiponensis
  - Genus Pseudamphicyon
  - Genus Brachycyon
    - B. reyi
    - B. palaeolycos
    - B. gaudryi