Lyncodon Gervais 1844 (Patagonian weasel)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

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

See also Baskin 2011 and Carroll 1988

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

Subtaxa: Lyncodon patagonicus

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Lujan (Quaternary of Argentina)

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