Cyonasua robusta is an extinct species of procyonid, a member of the raccoon family, described by Carlo Rovereto in 1914 and listed by the Paleobiology Database as Pachynasua robusta before being placed in Cyonasua, the dog-coati. The Wikipedia article on the genus describes Cyonasua as much larger than any living procyonid, at about 15 to 25 kilograms, roughly the size of a medium dog. The Paleobiology Database holds the species name without a dated occurrence of its own.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Conservation Status Body Size Band Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Procyonidae (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Cyonasua robusta (Paleobiology Database)
Taxon record, extant status
"is_extant": "extinct"
Ecospace record, environment
"taxon_environment": "terrestrial"
Ecospace record, diet, taken from Procyonidae
"diet": "frugivore, carnivore"
In Group: Mustelids, Procyonids And Other Carnivorans, Taxon record, classification order
"order": "Carnivora"
View the Source2. Procyonidae (Wikipedia)
Extinct taxa
†C. robusta (Rovereto, 1914)
Child Taxon Of: Procyonidae, Extinct taxa, listed under Procyonidae
†C. robusta (Rovereto, 1914)
View the Source3. Cyonasua (Wikipedia)
LeadQuote, Lead
Cyonasua was much larger than any extant procyonid, weighing about 15-25 kg, about the same size as a medium-sized dog.
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