Eucyon

Eucyon; Temporal range: Late Miocene–Late Pliocene,
	Fossil skeleton of Eucyon davisi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Subfamily:	Caninae
Genus:	†Eucyon; Tedford and Qiu (1996)
Type species
	†Eucyon davisi; (Merriam, 1911) [originally Canis]
Species
	†E. davisi; †E. debonisi; †E. ferox; †E. intrepidus; †E. khoikhoi; †E. kuta; †E. marinae; †E. minor; †E. monticinensis; †E. skinneri; †E. wokari; †E. zhoui;

Eucyon (Greek: εὖ eu: good, true; κῠ́ων cyon: dog) is an extinct genus of medium omnivorous coyote-like canid that first appeared in the Western United States during the late Middle Miocene 10 million years ago. It was the size of a jackal and weighed around 15kg. It was one of the few North American mammals which invaded Eurasia about 6 million years ago, followed by the genus going extinct 3 million years ago. This genus is proposed to have given rise to genus Canis 6 million years ago.^[2]^: p56–58

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Eucyon Temporal range: Late Miocene–Late Pliocene,

Fossil skeleton of Eucyon davisi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Subfamily:	Caninae
Genus:	†Eucyon Tedford and Qiu (1996)^[1]
Type species
†Eucyon davisi (Merriam, 1911) [originally Canis]
Species
†E. davisi †E. debonisi †E. ferox †E. intrepidus †E. khoikhoi †E. kuta †E. marinae †E. minor †E. monticinensis †E. skinneri †E. wokari †E. zhoui

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Eucyon

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