Metalopex

{{Short description|Extinct genus of carnivores}}

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| taxon = Metalopex

| authority = Tedford and Wang, 2008

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• Metalopex bakeri Tedford et al. 2009
• Metalopex macconnelli Tedford et al. 2009
• Metalopex merriami Tedford and Wang, 2008

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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.{{cite journal |last1= Tedford |first1= R.H. |last2= Wang |first2= X.|last3= Taylor | first3= B.E. |date= September 2009 |title= Phylogenetic systematics of the North American fossil Caninae (Carnivora, Canidae) |url= http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/5999/1/B325.pdf |journal= Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History |volume= 325 |pages= 1-218 |access-date= 21 February 2021}}