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Enhydrocyon
''Enhydrocyon'' is an extinct genus of bone crushing dog which inhabited North America exclusively during the Oligocene living from around 28.7—22.0 Ma (AEO) and existed for approximately .〔http://paleobackup.nceas.ucsb.edu:8110/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=41211&is_real_user=1 ''Enhydrocyon'': Basic info.〕 ''Enhydrocyons dentition suggests this animal was a hypercarnivore or mesocarnivore.〔R. M. Nowak. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. Maryland, Johns Hopkins University Press (edited volume) II〕〔Q. Ji, Z.-X. Luo, C.-X. J.R. Yuan Wible, J.-P. Zhang, and J.A. Georgi. 2002. The earliest known eutherian mammal. Nature 416:816-822〕 Species of ''Enhydrocyon'' were large, powerfully built carnivores with a short snout and deep jaws reminiscent of a jaguar.〔 David Macdonald. The Velvet Claw: A Natural History of the Carnivores. BBC Books: London; 1992. p83.〕 David Macdonald describes ''Enhydrocyon'' as a Canid-equivalent of a big cat-like carnivore.〔 David Macdonald. The Velvet Claw: A Natural History of the Carnivores. BBC Books: London; 1992. p83.〕 ==Taxonomy== ''Enhydrocyon'' was named by Cope (1879). Its type is ''Enhydrocyon stenocephalus''. It was assigned to Canidae by Cope (1879) and Munthe (1998).〔R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W.H. Freeman and Company〕
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