Leptoplesictis Forsyth-Major 1903 (civet)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Parent taxon: Viverridae according to J. Morales et al. 2008

See also Morlo et al. 2007 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010

Sister taxa: Africanictis, Arctogalidiinae, Cryptoproctinae, Cynogalinae, Euboictis, Galidictinae, Genettinae, Hemigalinae, Herpestina, Hyaenina, Kanuites, Ketketictis, Lophocyoninae, Megaviverra, Mioprionodon, Paradoxurinae, Prionodontinae, Progenetta, Sahelictis, Vishnuictis, Viverrinae

Subtaxa: Leptoplesictis namibiensis Leptoplesictis senutae

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (1 collection), Namibia (2), Spain (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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