After Alroy, 2002
<==o †Hesperocyoninae ("alkukoirat") |--+-- †Caedocyon tedfordi Wang, 1994 | |-- †Paraenhydrocyon josephi (Cope, 1881) Wang, 1994 [Temnocyon josephi Cope, 1881; Mesocyon josephi (Cope, 1881) Scott, 1890; Hypotemnodon josephi (Cope, 1881) Matthew, 1899; Mesocyon hortulirosae Schlaikjer, 1935c] | `--+-- †Paraenhydrocyon robustus (Matthew, 1907) [=? Mesocyon robustus Matthew, 1907] | `-- †Paraenhydrocyon wallovianus |--o †Ectopocynus | |-- †E. antiquus Wang, 1994 | `--+-- †E. intermedius | `-- †E. simplicidens |-- †Hesperocyon gregarius [Pseudocynodictis] `--+--o †Osbornodon | |-- †O. renjiei | `--+-- †O. sesnoni | `-- †O. wangi `--+--o †Mesocyon Scott, 1890 | |-- †M. drummondanus Douglass, 1903 | |-- †M. coryphaeus (Cope, 1879a) | |-- †M. hortulirosae Schlaikjer, 1935 | |?- †M. iamonensis | |-- †M. brachiops Merriam, 1906 | `-- †M. venator (Cook, 1909) [Temnocyon venator Cook, 1909; Euhydrocyon venator (Cook): Loomis, 1936; Temnocyon venator Cook: Olsen, 1958] `--+-- †Hesperocyon coloradensis Wang, 1994 `--+--o †Cynodesmus Scott, 1893? | |?- ?†C. brachypus | |-- †C. martini Wang, 1994 | `-- †C. thooides Scott, 1893 `--+-- †Sunkahetanka geringensis (Barbour & Schultz, 1935) MacDonald, 1963 [Mesocyon geringensis Barbour & Schultz, 1935; Enhydrocyon geringensis (Barbour & Schultz, 1935) Swisher, 1982] `--+-- †Philotrox condoni Merriam, 1906 `--o †Enhydrocyon |-- †E. pahinsintewakpa `--+-- †E. crassidens `--+-- †E. basilatus Cope 1879 [Hyaenocyon basilatus (Cope 1879) Cope, 1879; Hyaenocyon sectorius Cope, 1883] `-- †E. stenocephalus
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