Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Parent taxon: Lutrinae according to X. Wang et al. 2018
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Crusafont-Pairo and Golpe 1962, Geraads et al. 2004, Hendey 1974, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Pickford 2007, Sepkoski 2002 and Willemsen 1992
Sister taxa: Aonychini, Aonyx, Aonyxini, Enhydra, Enhydrini, Enhydriodontini, Enhydritherium, Hydrictis, Lontra, Lutra, Lutraeximia, Lutrictis, Lutrini, Lutrogale, Megencephalon, Paludolutra, Paralutra, Pteronura, Siamogale, Sivaonyx, Teruelictis, Tyrrhenolutra, Vishnuonyx
Subtaxa: Amyxodon Enhydriodon aethiopicus Enhydriodon africanus Enhydriodon dikikae Enhydriodon falconeri Enhydriodon hendeyi Enhydriodon latipes Enhydriodon sivalensis
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Kenya (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Chad (1), China (1), Egypt (1), Ethiopia (5), India (1), Kenya (5), Pakistan (2), South Africa (4), Uganda (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1), South Africa (2)
• Miocene of Kenya (2), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 29 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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