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DAPHOENICTIS
(da-foe-nik-tis)
meaning: "Daphoenus cat"
Named By: R. M. Hunt, Jr in 1974
Time Period: Unavailable
Location: Canada, USA
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Multiple specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Caniformia | Amphicyonidae | Daphoeninae |
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Daphoenictis is an extinct cat-like genus of the family Amphicyonidae (bear-dogs), subfamily Daphoeninae, endemic to North America during the Late Eocene-Oligocene epochs (36-26 million years ago), existing for approximately 10.2 million years. Daphoenictis' geographical range was mid-western North America; from central Canada, to Texas, U.S.A.

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