Martellictis Lucenti 2018 (mustelid carnivore)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: S.B. Lucenti. 2018. Revising the species “Mustela” ardea Gervais, 1848–1852 (Mammalia, Mustelidae): Martellictis gen. nov. and the systematics of the fossil “Galictinae” of Eurasia. Comptes Rendus Palevol 17:522-535

Parent taxon: Ictonychinae according to M. Morlo et al. 2021

See also Jiangzuo et al. 2019 and Lucenti 2018

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

Subtaxa: Martellictis ardea

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Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Martellictis in the database

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