Ekorus Werdelin 2003 (ratel)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: L. Werdelin. 2003. Mio-Pliocene Carnivora from Lothagam, Kenya. Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa 261-314

Parent taxon: Eomellivorini according to A. Valenciano and R. Govender 2020

See also Valenciano et al. 2018, Werdelin 2003 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010

Sister taxa: Eomellivora, Moralesictis

Subtaxa: Ekorus ekakeran

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Type: Ekorus ekakeran

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Lothagam-Lower Nawata Mb. (Miocene to Miocene of Kenya)

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