Metalopex
''Metalopex'' is an extinct hypocarnivorous canid mammal similar to '' Vulpes'' endemic to Late Miocene North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car .... Its sister taxon is the extant ''Urocyon''; together, the two genera form a clade based on dentition. These same dental characteristics are shared by ''Otocyon'' and ''Protocyon''. References

Vulpini Miocene mammals of North America Prehistoric canids Taxa named by Richard H. Tedford Prehistoric carnivoran genera {{canid-stub ...
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Metalopex Bakeri
''Metalopex'' is an extinct hypocarnivorous canid mammal similar to ''Vulpes'' endemic to Late Miocene North America. Its sister taxon is the extant ''Urocyon''; together, the two genera form a clade based on dentition. These same dental characteristics are shared by ''Otocyon'' and ''Protocyon ''Protocyon'' is an extinct genus of large canid endemic to South and North America during the Late Pleistocene living from 781 to 12thousand years ago. Description ''Protocyon'' was a hypercarnivore, suggested by its dental adaptations. Like man ...''. References Vulpini Miocene mammals of North America Prehistoric canids Taxa named by Richard H. Tedford Prehistoric carnivoran genera {{canid-stub ...
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