Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Parent taxon: Viverridae according to L. Werdelin and S. Peigne 2010

See also Morlo et al. 2007 and Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009

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

Subtaxa: Mioprionodon hodopeus

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Benson's Site (Miocene of Kenya)

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