Tephrocyon

{{Short description|Extinct genus of carnivores}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Middle Miocene}}

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| taxon = Tephrocyon

| authority = Merriam, 1906

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• T. rurestris, Condon 1896
• T. scitulus, Hay 1924

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Tephrocyon is an extinct genus of the Borophaginae subfamily of canids native to North America. They lived during the Barstovian stage of the Middle Miocene 16.3—13.6 million years ago, existing for roughly {{Mya|16.3-13.6|million years}}.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41244 PaleoBiology Database: Tephrocyon Taxonomy, Species]

It is a rarely found genus,{{cn|date=April 2019}} with fossil deposits only occurring in western Nebraska, Wyoming, eastern Oregon, New Mexico, and north Florida. It was an intermediate-sized canid, and more predatory 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}}