Africanictis schmidtkittleri Morales et al. 1998 (civet)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Full reference: J. Morales, M. Pickford, D. Soria and S. Fraile. 1998. New carnivores from the basal Middle Miocene of Arrisdrift, Namibia. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae 91:27-40

Belongs to Africanictis according to J. Morales et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Africanictis hyaenoides, Africanictis meini

Type specimen: KNM CA 303, a tooth (P4)

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Chamtwara (Miocene of Kenya)

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