Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Parent taxon: Canidae according to X.-M. Wang et al. 2008
See also Korth et al. 2022, Wang 1994, Wang et al. 1999, Wang and Tedford 2008 and Welsh 2014
Sister taxa: Alopex, Amphicyon angustidens, Borophaginae, Caninae, Chailicyon, Cubacyon, Cuon, Cynotherium, Dysodus, Hydrocyon, Icticyon, Leucocyon, Lupulella, Lupus, Lycaon, Lycorus, Megalotis, Otocyoninae, Palaeocyon, Plesiocyon, Schaeffia, Simenia, Synagodus, Thous, Vulpes
Subtaxa: Caedocyon Cynodesmus Ectopocynus Enhydrocyon Hesperocyon Mesocyon Osbornodon Paraenhydrocyon Philotrox Prohesperocyon Sunkahetanka
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (25: California, Florida, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (16: Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (23: California, Florida, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan), United States (160: California, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of Canada (4: Saskatchewan), United States (55: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 287 collections including 321 occurrences