Borophaginae
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o BOROPHAGINAE
| |-- Archaeocyon pavidus |-- Archaeocyon leptodus |-- Archaeocyon falkenbachi | |--+-- Oxetocyon cuspidatus | | | `--+-- Otarocyon macdonaldi | `-- Otarocyon cooki | `--+-- Rhizocyon oregonensis | `--+--+--+-- Cynarctoides lemur | | `--+-- Cynarctoides roii | | |-- Cynarctoides harlowi | | `--+-- Cynarctoides luskensis | | `--+-- Cynarctoides gawnae | | `--+-- Cynarctoides acridens | | `-- Cynarctoides emryi | | | `--+-- Phlaocyon minor | `--+-- Phlaocyon latidens | `--+-- Phlaocyon annectens | `--+--+-- Phlaocyon achoros | | `-- Phlaocyon multicuspus | `--+--+-- Phlaocyon marslandensis | | `-- Phlaocyon leucosteus | `--+-- Phlaocyon yatkolai | `-- Phlaocyon mariae | `--+-- Cormocyon haydeni `--+-- Cormocyon copei | `--+-- Desmocyon thomsoni `--+-- Desmocyon matthewi | `--+--+--+-- Paracynarctus kelloggi | | `-- Paracynarctus sinclairi | | | `--+-- Cynarctus galushai | `--+-- Cynarctus marylandica | `--+-- Cynarctus saxatilis | ´--+-- Cynarctus voorhiesi | `-- Cynarctus crucidens | `--+-- Metatomarctus canavus | `--+--+-- Euoplocyon spissidens | `-- Euoplocyon brachygnathus | `--+-- Psalidocyon marianae | `--+-- Microtomarctus conferta | ´--+-- Protomarctus optatus | `--+-- Tephrocyon rurestris | |--+-- Tomarctus hippophaga | `--+-- Tomarctus brevirostris | | | `--+-- Aelurodon asthenostylus | `--+--+--+-- Aelurodon mcgrewi | | | `-- Aelurodon stirtoni | | `-- Aelurodon montanensis | `--+-- Aelurodon ferox | `-- Aelurodon taxoides | `--+--+-- Paratomarctus temerarius | `-- Paratomarctus euthos | `--+--+-- Carpocyon compressus | `--+-- Carpocyon webbi | |-- Carpocyon robustus | `-- Carpocyon limosus | `--+-- Protepicyon raki | `--+--+-- Epicyon aelurodontoides | `--+-- Epicyon saevus | `-- Epicyon haydeni | `--+-- Borophagus litoralis `--+-- Borophagus pugnator `--+-- Borophagus orc `--+-- Borophagus parvus `--+-- Borophagus secundus `--+-- Borophagus hilli `--+-- Borophagus dudleyi `-- Borophagus diversidens
Description
The Borophaginae ("Bone Eaters") comprise of an extinct subfamily of canids native to Oligocene and Miocene North America.
References
- Wang, Xiaoming; Richard Tedford, Beryl Taylor. "Phylogenetic systematics of the borophaginae". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243