Alopecocyon
| Alopecocyon Temporal range: mid-Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ailuridae |
| Subfamily: | †Simocyoninae |
| Genus: | †Alopecocyon Camp & Vanderhoof, 1940 |
| Type species | |
| †Alopecocyon goeriachensis Toula, 1884
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†A. goeriachensis (Toula, 1884) | |
Alopecocyon was a small relative of the modern red panda. It weighed only about 11 lb (5 kg). It was closely related to Simocyon, a larger member of its group. Its fossils have been found in France, Poland, and Slovakia.
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