†Vishnuictis plectilodous Sankhyan et al. 2025 (civet)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Full reference: A. R. Sankhyan, S. G. Abbas, S. E. Jasinski, M. A. Khan, and K. Mahmood. 2025. Rare carnivorous mammals from a diverse fossil assemblage from the Middle Siwaliks of Haritalyangar area, Himachal Pradesh, North India. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 32(2):1-31
Belongs to Vishnuictis according to A. R. Sankhyan et al. 2025
Sister taxon: Vishnuictis hasnoti
Type specimen: HTA-68, a tooth (complete right m1). Its type locality is Dholkhana, which is in a Tortonian/Messinian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Nahan Sandstone Formation of India.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Dholkhana
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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