†Ferinestrix Bjork 1970 (mustelid carnivore)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: P. R. Bjork. 1970. The Carnivora of the Hagerman Local Fauna (Late Pliocene) of Southwestern Idaho. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 60(7):3-54
Parent taxon: Ischyrictini according to J. A. Baskin 1998
See also Bjork 1970, Carroll 1988 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Canimartes, Dehmictis, Ischyrictis, Plionictis, Sthenictis
Subtaxa: Ferinestrix rapax Ferinestrix vorax
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (2: Idaho collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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