Bear Dog

Bear Dogs (Cynodictis), also known as Amphicyonids, were tiny dogs. Amphicyonid meant "in between dog". They obviously were mammals. They were small carnivores, eating small rodents and rabbits. They looked more like dogs than bears, and they barked like dogs, probably.

Their closest living relatives were modern bears and dogs. They were only 30 cm at the shoulder. They were delicate creatures, with tiny bones. They were found in Europe, Asia, and North America. They, also lived in the Oligocene period with the Chalicotheres, Hyaenodon, and the Indrioctheres.