Ictiocyon is an extinct genus of large, mostly carnivorous bone-crushing mammal

Mammal

Mammals are members of a class of air-breathing vertebrate animals characterised by the possession of endothermy, hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands functional in mothers with young...

s known as bear dog

Bear dog

Amphicyonidae is an extinct family of large terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia and which inhabited North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa from the Middle Eocene subepoch to the Pleistocene epoch 46.2—1.8 Mya, existing for approximately .-Taxonomy:Amphicyonidae was named...

s, of the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Amphicyonidae endemic to Asia

Asia

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 during the Miocene

Miocene

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 living from 23.03—15.97 Ma and existed for approximately .

Taxonomy

Ictiocyon was named by Crusafont Pairó et al. (1955). It was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Wang et al. (2005).

Morphology

A single specimen was examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass and was estimated to weigh 1.42 kg (3.1 lb).