Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Full reference: R. Dehghani and L. Werdelin. 2008. A new small carnivoran from the Middle Miocene of Fort Ternan, Kenya. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 248:233-244

Parent taxon: Viverridae according to L. Werdelin and S. Peigne 2010

Sister taxa: Africanictis, Arctogalidiinae, Cryptoproctinae, Cynogalinae, Euboictis, Galidictinae, Genettinae, Hemigalinae, Herpestina, Hyaenina, Ketketictis, Leptoplesictis, Lophocyoninae, Megaviverra, Mioprionodon, Paradoxurinae, Prionodontinae, Progenetta, Sahelictis, Vishnuictis, Viverrinae

Subtaxa: Kanuites lewisae

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Type: Kanuites lewisae

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore

Distribution: found only at Fort Ternan (Miocene of Kenya)

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