Amphicyonid

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? Amphicyonids (extinct)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Amphicyonidae
Subfamilies
Amphicyoninae Daphoeninae Thanmastocyoninae

Amphicyonids are extinct Carnivora mammals from the from the family Amphicyonidae that were probably closely related to the Ursidae (bears).

This contains three subfamilies: the Amphicyoninae, the Daphoeninae and the Thanmastocyoninae.

Speculation exists as to whether the waheela - an unknown large, white wolf-like creature from the barren arctic wildernesses of northern Canada and Alaska - may be a surviving representative of the Amphicyonidae.

Also see Headless Valley.