Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Full reference: R. J. G. Savage. 1965. Fossil Mammals of Africa: 19 The Miocene Carnivora of East Africa. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 10(8):241-316
Belongs to Kichechia according to R. J. G. Savage 1965
See also Morales and Pickford 2011
Sister taxon: Kichechia savagei
Type specimen: BMNH M. 19077a, b, a partial skull (Facial region of skull and anterior part of braincase with complete upper dentition on right side except P1). Its type locality is Rusinga Island, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial horizon in Kenya.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (6 collections), Uganda (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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