Civettictis howelli Morales et al. 2005 (African civet)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Full reference: J. Morales, M. Pickford, and D. Soria. 2005. Carnivores from the Late Miocene and basal Pliocene of the Tugen Hills, Kenya. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España 18(1-2):39-61

Belongs to Civettictis according to J. Morales et al. 2005

Sister taxon: Civettictis civetta

Type specimen: BAR 1812'01, a tooth (right P4)

Ecology: scansorial carnivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Tabarin, Tugen Hills (Pliocene of Kenya)

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