Vishnuictis Pilgrim 1932 (civet)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Parent taxon: Viverridae according to R. M. Hunt 1989

See also Carroll 1988 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Pinjor formation, Upper Siwaliks, near Chandigarh (Pliocene of India)

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