†Vishnuonyx Pilgrim 1932 (otter)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Parent taxon: Lutrinae according to X. Wang et al. 2018
See also Carroll 1988, 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, Sivaonyx, Teruelictis, Tyrrhenolutra
Subtaxa: Vishnuonyx chinjiensis Vishnuonyx neptuni
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (1 collection), Kenya (1), Pakistan (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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