Hydrictis Pocock 1921 (speckle-throated otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Parent taxon: Lutrinae according to C. J. Law et al. 2018

See also Carroll 1988 and Willemsen 1992

Sister taxa: Aonychini, Aonyx, Aonyxini, Enhydra, Enhydrini, Enhydriodon, Enhydriodontini, Enhydritherium, Lontra, Lutra, Lutraeximia, Lutrictis, Lutrini, Lutrogale, Megencephalon, Paludolutra, Paralutra, Pteronura, Siamogale, Sivaonyx, Teruelictis, Tyrrhenolutra, Vishnuonyx

Subtaxa: Hydrictis maculicollis

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), Morocco (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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