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Poecilictis (Saharan striped weasel)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Poecilictis was named by Thomas and Hinton (1920). It is extant.

It was assigned to Mustelidae by Geraads (1997); and to Ictonychinae by Law et al. (2018).

Species
P. lybica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Poecilictis Thomas and Hinton
1997Poecilictis Geraads p. 152
2018Poecilictis Law et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyIctonychinaePocock 1921
genusPoecilictisThomas and Hinton 1920

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Poecilictis Thomas and Hinton 1920 [Saharan striped weasel]
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Poecilictis lybica Ehrenberg and Hemprich 1833
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available