@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-05 06:00:21
Epicyon ("more than a dog")
is a large, extinct, canid genus of the subfamily
Borophaginae ("bone-crushing dogs"),
native to North America.
Epicyon existed for about 7 million years
from the early Clarendonian age of the Late Miocene to the late Hemphillian age of the Early Pliocene.
E. haydeni is the largest known canid of all time,
with the type species reaching
2.4 m (7.9 ft) in length,
90 cm (35 in) in shoulder he…
