English: Cephalogale shareri = Phoberogale shareri Wang et al., 2009

Systematics: Mammalia Laurasiatheria Scrotifera Ferungulata Ferae Carnivora Ursidae Hemicyoninae Size: 1 m long Type Horizon and Locality: Early Miocene, Sespe Formation (Late Arikareean) Orange County, California, US Type Specimen: OCPC 21794 and 21795, a skull.

The dog-bears (Hemicyoninae) were a subfamily of bears that superficially resembled dogs. They had a worldwide distribution with the earliest forms dating from the Early Oligocene. They went extinct at the end of the Miocene period. Phoberogale ("frightful weasel") is a medium size dog-bear that originated in Eurasia and at some point migrated to North America. The species Phoberogale shareri has been described from the Early Miocene of California.