†subfamily Hesperocyoninae Tedford 1978 (canid)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Parent taxon: Canidae according to X. Wang 1994
Sister taxa: Alopex, Atelocynus, Borophaginae, Canina, Caninae, Canis, Cerdocyon, Chailicyon, Chrysocyon, Cuon, Cynotherium, Dusicyon, Eucyon, Gobicyon, Leptocyon, Neocynodesmus, Nyctereutes, Otocyoninae, Plesiocyon, Protocyon, Prototocyon, Speothos, Theriodictis, Urocyon, Vulpes
Subtaxa: Caedocyon, Cynodesmus, Ectopocynus, Enhydrocyon, Hesperocyon, Mesocyon, Osbornodon, Paraenhydrocyon, Philotrox, Sunkahetanka
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore