Enhydriodon aethiopicus Geraads et al. 2004 (otter)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: D. Geraads, V. Eisenmann, and G. Petter. 2004. The large mammal fauna of the Oldowan sites of Melka Kunture. in J. Chavaillon and M. Piperno, eds., Studies on the Early Paleolithic site of Melka Kunture, Ethiopia (Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria) 169-192

Belongs to Enhydriodon according to D. Geraads et al. 2004

See also Morales and Pickford 2011

Sister taxa: Amyxodon, Enhydriodon africanus, Enhydriodon dikikae, Enhydriodon falconeri, Enhydriodon hendeyi, Enhydriodon latipes, Enhydriodon sivalensis

Type specimen: GAR IVE-81-49, a tooth (lower right m1)

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Enhydriodon aethiopicus in the database

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