Epition ( Latin Epicyon , from the ancient Greek ἐπι- + κύων "super-dog") is a genus of extinct giant canine subfamily Borophaginae . They lived in the Miocene in North America .
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The genus contains several species. The type species Epicyon haydeni is the largest canine of all times: height at withers is 90 cm.
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- ↑ Wang, Xiaoming; Richard Tedford, Beryl Taylor. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Eng.) // Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . - American Museum of Natural History , 1999. - 17 November ( vol. 243 ). (eng.)