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Simocyon
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Simocyon ("short-snouted dog") is a genus of extinct carnivoran mammal in the family Ailuridae. Simocyon, which was about the size of a mountain lion, lived in the late Miocene and early Pliocene epochs, and has been found in Europe, Asia, and rarely, North America and Africa.

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Vinony's link graph records 92 inbound references to Simocyon, and connects out to Red Panda, Mustelidae and American badger.

It sits within the topics Ailuridae, Fossil taxa described in 1858 and Miocene carnivorans.

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Parent taxon
Ailuridae
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Simocyon primigenius.JPG
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taxon name
Simocyon
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Simocyon
time period
Miocene
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