Sthenictis lacota Matthew and Gidley 1904 (mustelid carnivore)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Alternative combinations: Brachypsalis lacota, Paroligobunis lacota, Potamotherium lacota

Full reference: W. D. Matthew and J. W. Gidley. 1904. New or little known mammals from the Miocene of South Dakota : American Museum expedition of 1903. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20(22):241-268

Belongs to Sthenictis according to J. A. Baskin 1998

See also Gregory and Downs 1951, Matthew and Gidley 1904, Peterson 1910 and Webb et al. 1981

Sister taxa: Sthenictis bellus, Sthenictis campestris, Sthenictis dolichops, Sthenictis junturensis, Sthenictis robustus

Type specimen: AMNH 10810, a mandible

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Love Bone Bed (Miocene of Florida)

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