''Daphoenictis'' is an extinct cat-like genus of the family

Amphicyonidae Amphicyonidae is an extinct Family (biology), family of Terrestrial animal, terrestrial carnivorans belonging to the suborder Caniformia. They first appeared in North America in the middle Eocene (around 45 mya), spread to Europe by the late Eoc ...

(bear-dogs), subfamily

Daphoeninae The Daphoeninae are an extinct subfamily of dog-like, terrestrial carnivores, which belonged to the family Amphicyonidae of the suborder Caniformia. The group inhabited North America from the Middle Eocene subepoch to the Middle Miocene subepoc ...

, endemic to North America during the Late

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subepoch (37.2-33.9 million years ago), existing for approximately 3.3 million years. ''Daphoenictis'' geographical range was mid-western North America; from central

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, to

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Only one species is known, ''Daphoenictis tedfordi''.

References

Larry D. Martin."Fossil history of terrestrial Carnivora". In John Gittleman,ed.,Carnivore Behavior,Ecology and Evolution, 1989,pp. 558–559. {{Taxonbar, from=Q5221762 Bear dogs Paleogene mammals of North America Prehistoric carnivoran genera