Miacis vulpinus Scott and Osborn 1887 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Alternative combinations: Amphicyon vulpinum, Uintacyon vulpinus

Full reference: W. B. Scott and H. F. Osborn. 1887. Preliminary Report on the Vertebrate Fossils of the Uinta Formation, Collected by the Princeton Expedition of 1886. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 24(126):255-264

Belongs to Miacis according to W. D. Matthew 1909

See also Hay 1902 and Scott and Osborn 1887

Sister taxa: Miacis bathygnathus, Miacis boqinghensis, Miacis deutschi, Miacis edax, Miacis exiguus, Miacis gracilis, Miacis hookwayi, Miacis invictus, Miacis latidens, Miacis lushiensis, Miacis parvivorus, Miacis petilus, Miacis rundlei, Miacis vorax, Harpalodon sylvestris, Prodaphaenus uintensis

Ecology: arboreal insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Miacis vulpinus in the database

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