Borophagus diversidens

Borophagus diversidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Genus:	Borophagus
Species:	B. diversidens
Binomial name
Borophagus diversidens Cope, 1892
Synonyms
†Felis hillianus Cope, 1932 †Hyaenognathus matthewi Freudenberg (1910) †Hyaenognathus pachyodon Merriam, 1903 †Hyaenognathus solus Stock (1932) †Porthocyon dubius Merriam, 1903

Borophagus diversidens ("devouring glutton") is an extinct species of the genus Borophagus of the subfamily Borophaginae, a group of canids native to North America from the late Miocene epoch through the Pliocene epoch 4.9—1.8 Ma.

References

• Alan Turner, "National Geographic: Prehistoric Mammals" (Washington, D.C.: Firecrest Books Ltd., 2004), pp. 112–114. ISBN 0-7922-7134-3
• Xiaoming Wang, "The Origin and Evolution of the Dog Family" Accessed 1/30/06.

Further reading

• Picture of an Osteoborus skull in a museum, from "World of the Wolf." (Accessed 6/19/06)
• Russell Hunt, "Ecological Polarities Of the North American Family Canidae: A New Approach to Understanding Forty Million Years of Canid Evolution" (Accessed 1/30/06).
• Wang et al., "Phylogenetic Systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora:Canidae)." Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, No. 243, Nov. 17 1999. (PDF) (Accessed 4/11/06)