Ictonyx Kaup 1835 (striped polecat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Parent taxon: Ictonychinae according to C. J. Law et al. 2018

See also Carroll 1988 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010

Sister taxa: Brevimalictis, Cernictis, Eirictis, Enhydrictis, Galictis, Lutravus, Lyncodon, Martellictis, Negodiaetictis, Pannonictis, Poecilictis, Poecilogale, Sminthosinis, Stipanicicia, Trigonictis, Trochictis, Vormela

Subtaxa: Ictonyx capensis Ictonyx striatus

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of South Africa (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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