†Vishnuictis Pilgrim 1932 (civet)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Parent taxon: Viverridae according to R. M. Hunt 1989
See also Carroll 1988 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010
Sister taxa: Africanictis, Arctogalidiinae, Cryptoproctinae, Cynogalinae, Euboictis, Galidictinae, Genettinae, Hemigalinae, Herpestina, Hyaenina, Kanuites, Ketketictis, Leptoplesictis, Lophocyoninae, Megaviverra, Mioprionodon, Paradoxurinae, Prionodontinae, Progenetta, Sahelictis, Viverrinae
Subtaxa: Vishnuictis hasnoti Vishnuictis plectilodous
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of India (1 collection)
• Miocene of India (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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