†Leptoplesictis Forsyth-Major 1903 (civet)
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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
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection), Namibia (2), Spain (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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