Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Full reference: J.-D. Lim and D.-S. Miao. 2000. New species of Leptarctus (Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the Miocene of Nebraska, USA. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 38(1):52-57

Belongs to Leptarctus according to W. W. Korth and J. A. Baskin 2009

See also Lim and Miao 2000

Sister taxa: Leptarctus (Pseudoleptarctus), Leptarctus ancipidens, Leptarctus mummorum, Leptarctus neimenguensis, Leptarctus oregonensis, Leptarctus primus, Leptarctus progressus, Leptarctus supremus, Leptarctus webbi, Leptarctus woodburnei, Leptarctus wortmani

Type specimen: Its type locality is Myers Farm, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at Myers Farm

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