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Ectopocynus

Ectopocynus ("strange dog") is an extinct genus of small bone crushing carnivorous mammal similar to a dog of the family Canidae which inhabited North America during the Oligocene. It lived from 33.3—16.0 Ma and existed for approximately .

Though a carnivore, dentition suggests this animal was a hypercarnivore or mesocarnivore.