†Ailuropoda baconi Woodward 1915 (giant panda)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Alternative combinations: Aelureidopus baconi, Ailuropoda melanoleuca baconi
Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1915. On the skull of an extinct mammal related to Aeluropus from a cave in the ruby mines at Mogok, Burma. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1915:425-428
Belongs to Ailuropoda according to C. Jin et al. 2007
See also Chorn and Hoffman 1978 and Woodward 1915
Sister taxa: Ailuropoda fovealis, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, Ailuropoda microta, Ailuropoda wulingshanensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mogok cave (Quaternary of Myanmar)
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