Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Alternative spelling: Sminthosinus
Full reference: P. R. Bjork. 1970. The Carnivora of the Hagerman Local Fauna (Late Pliocene) of Southwestern Idaho. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 60(7):3-54
Parent taxon: Ictonychinae according to Q. Jiangzuo et al. 2019
See also Baskin 1998, Baskin 2011, Bjork 1970, Carroll 1988 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Brevimalictis, Cernictis, Eirictis, Enhydrictis, Galictis, Ictonyx, Lutravus, Lyncodon, Martellictis, Negodiaetictis, Pannonictis, Poecilictis, Poecilogale, Stipanicicia, Trigonictis, Trochictis, Vormela
Subtaxa: Sminthosinis bowleri
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (6: Idaho collections)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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