Leptocyon Fossil range: Oligocene–Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Canidae
Subfamily:	Caninae
Genus:	†Leptocyon
Species
†L. gregorii †L. vafer †L. vulpinus
Range of Leptocyon based on fossil record

Leptocyon is a small extinct genus of canidae endemic to North America during the Oligocene through Miocene living from 24.8—10.3 mya, existing for approximately 15.5 million years.^[1]

Leptocyon was a small bodied, fox-like animal with a slender jaw.^[2]

[edit] Taxonomy

Leptocyon was named by Matthew (1918). It was synonymized subjectively with Vulpes by Gregory (1942); it was revalidated by Webb (1969), Carroll (1988) and Munthe (1998). It was assigned to Canidae by Matthew (1918), Webb (1969), Carroll (1988) and Munthe (1998).^[3][4]

[edit] Morphology

[edit] Body mass

Two specimens were examined by Legendre and Roth. Estimating the body mass of these two with both weighing an estimated 3.26 kg (7.2 lb)^[5]

[edit] References

• http://www.searchingwolf.com/wevolve.htm
• http://www.taxonomy.nl/Main/Classification/88025.htm

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