Alopecocyon
Extinct genus of carnivores
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Alopecocyon is a fossil genus of ailurid belonging to the subfamily Simocyoninae. It has two species, Alopecocyon goeriachensis and Alopecocyon getti. It is based on fragmentary fossils dating to the middle Miocene of both Europe and Asia.[1]
| Alopecocyon Temporal range: mid-Miocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ailuridae |
| Subfamily: | †Simocyoninae |
| Genus: | †Alopecocyon Camp & Vanderhoof, 1940 |
| Type species | |
| †Alopecocyon goeriachensis (Toula, 1884) | |
| Species | |
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†A. goeriachensis (Toula, 1884) | |
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Taxonomy and evolution
The species A. goerichiachensis was first described (but in a different genus) in 1884.[2] The genus was first named in 1940.[3] A second species A. getti was described in 1958.[4]
The species A. getti was proposed to be moved to a new genus Meiniogale by Ginsburg in 2002, but this was rejected by Peigne and Morlo in 2010.[5] The reassignment was followed, however, by Jiangzuo et al. in 2020.[6]
