Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Parent taxon: Lutrinae according to X. Wang et al. 2018
See also Carroll 1988, Crusafont-Pairo and Golpe 1962, Morales and Pickford 2005, Peigne et al. 2008, Pickford 2007, Werdelin and Peigne 2010 and Willemsen 1992
Sister taxa: Aonychini, Aonyx, Aonyxini, Enhydra, Enhydrini, Enhydriodon, Enhydriodontini, Enhydritherium, Hydrictis, Lontra, Lutra, Lutraeximia, Lutrictis, Lutrini, Lutrogale, Megencephalon, Paludolutra, Paralutra, Pteronura, Siamogale, Teruelictis, Tyrrhenolutra, Vishnuonyx
Subtaxa: Sivaonyx africanus Sivaonyx bathygnathus Sivaonyx beyi Sivaonyx ekecaman Sivaonyx gandakasensis Sivaonyx hendeyi Sivaonyx hessicus Sivaonyx kamuhangirei Sivaonyx lehmani Sivaonyx senutae Sivaonyx soriae
Type: Lutra bathygnatha
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Kenya (2 collections), South Africa (1), Uganda (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Chad (8), China (7), Kenya (2), Pakistan (4), Spain (1), Turkey (1)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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