†Eirictis Qiu et al. 2004 (mustelid carnivore)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Full reference: Z. B. Qiu, T. Deng, and X. Wang. 2004. Early Pleistocene Mammalian Fauna from Longdan, Dongxiang, Gansu, China. Palaeontologia Sinica 27:1-198
Parent taxon: Ictonychinae according to Q. Jiangzuo et al. 2019
See also Qiu et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Brevimalictis, Cernictis, Enhydrictis, Galictis, Ictonyx, Lutravus, Lyncodon, Martellictis, Negodiaetictis, Pannonictis, Poecilictis, Poecilogale, Sminthosinis, Stipanicicia, Trigonictis, Trochictis, Vormela
Subtaxa: Eirictis robusta
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Longdan, Dongxiang (Quaternary of China)
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