Ferinestrix rapax Wolson and Sotnikova 2013 (mustelid carnivore)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: M. Wolson and M. Sotnikova. 2013. Systematics, evolution, and biogeography of the Pliocene stem meline badger Ferinestrix (Carnivora: Mustelidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 167:208-226

Belongs to Ferinestrix according to M. Wolson and M. Sotnikova 2013

Sister taxon: Ferinestrix vorax

Type specimen: GIN-BF 987/1027, a partial skull (facial and palatal skull fragment with the left and right I1–I3, C1, and P2–M1 and a partial root of the left P1)

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ferinestrix rapax in the database

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