Metatomarctus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of carnivores}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Early Miocene|Middle Miocene}}

| image = Metatomarctus canavus FLMNH.jpg

| image_caption = Fossil skull cast, Florida Museum of Natural History

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| genus = Metatomarctus

| parent_authority = Wang et al., 1999

| species = canavus

| authority = (Simpson, 1932)

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Metatomarctus is an extinct genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America. It lived during the Early to Middle Miocene, 23–16 Mya, existing for approximately {{Mya|23-16|million years}}[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41221 Matatomarctus, fossilworks] It was an intermediate-size canid, and more predaceous than earlier borophagines.{{cite book |last1= Wang |first1= Xiaoming | last2= Tedford | first2= Richard H. | date= 2008 |title= Dogs, Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History |publisher= Columbia |page= 35 |isbn= 978-0-231-13528-3}}

It hunted in packs,{{cn|date=April 2019}} like modern canines, and may have preyed upon creatures such as Equus, rodents, and other smaller prey.{{cn|date=April 2019}}