Borophagina
Extinct subtribe of carnivores
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Borophagina is a subtribe of the Borophaginae, a group of extinct canids. They inhabited much of North America from the Early Miocene to the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene, 20.6—3.6 Mya, and existed for approximately 17 million years.[1]
| Borophaginans Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Subfamily: | †Borophaginae |
| Tribe: | †Borophagini |
| Subtribe: | †Borophagina X. Wang, 1999 |
| Genera | |
Like some other borophagines, they were short-faced, heavy-jawed canids[2][3] although the group included both omnivorous and hypercarnivorous species.[4]