†Hesperocyon Scott 1890 (canid)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 41217
Synonyms: Alloeodectes Russell 1984 (no. 43877), Pseudocynodictis Schlosser 1902 (no. 51181)
Parent taxon: Hesperocyoninae according to X. Wang 1994
Sister taxa: Caedocyon, Cynodesmus, Ectopocynus, Enhydrocyon, Mesocyon, Osbornodon, Paraenhydrocyon, Philotrox, Sunkahetanka
Subtaxa: Hesperocyon coloradensis, Hesperocyon gregarius
Type: Prohesperocyon wilsoni
Ecology: scansorial insectivore