| Metatomarctus Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil skull cast, Florida Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Canidae |
| Subfamily: | †Borophaginae |
| Tribe: | †Borophagini |
| Genus: | †Metatomarctus Wang et al., 1999 |
| Species: | †M. canavus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Metatomarctus canavus (Simpson, 1932) | |
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 7 million years It was an intermediate-size canid, and more predaceous than earlier borophagines.
It hunted in packs,[citation needed] like modern canines, and may have preyed upon creatures such as Equus, rodents, and other smaller prey.[citation needed]
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