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Hemicyon, also known as the "dog-bear" (literally "half dog", from Greek ἡμι-hēmi-(half) + κύων kúōn (dog)), is an extinct genus of hemicyonine bear, which probably originated in Eurasia but was found in Europe, Asia and North America during the Miocene epoch (), existing for approximately 1]
Restoration of Amphicyon ingens. The family was erected by Haeckel in 1866 (also attributed to Trouessart 1885). Their exact position has long been disputed. Early paleontologists usually defined them as members of Canidae (the dog family) or Ursidae (the bear family), but the modern consensus is that they form their own family.
Hemicyoninae is an extinct subfamily of Ursidae, [2] [1] often called dog bears (literally "half dog" (Greek: ἡμικυων hemi-kyōn)). They were bear-like carnivorans living in Europe , North America , Africa and Asia during the Oligocene through Miocene epochs 33.9–5.3 Ma , existing for approximately 28.6 million years .
Spokesperson for the animal rescue center, Feng Lingui, told the Daily Mail that the two bears are both doing well at their new home. Needless to say, things could have turned out much worse, so ...
HONG KONG — A zoo in China has been accused of trying to deceive visitors with a pair of dogs dyed black and white to look like panda bears.. Videos circulating on Chinese social media show the ...
Amphicyon is an extinct genus of large carnivorans belonging to the family Amphicyonidae (known colloquially as "bear-dogs"), subfamily Amphicyoninae, from the Miocene epoch. Members of this family received their vernacular name for possessing bear-like and dog-like features. They ranged over North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Last year, a report by Euromonitor and Asia Pet Alliance Institute forecast China's population of dogs and cats would reach 190 million in 2023, up from about 170 million in 2018. ($1 = 7.1389 yuan)
Tugou (Chinese: 土狗; pinyin: tǔ gǒu; lit. 'indigenous dog') is a diverse group of dogs native to China and still abundant across the country today. As the name suggests, it refers to any various breeds of primitive spitz-type dogs kept by other Non-Han ethnic groups of China.