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Vishnuictis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae

Taxonomy
Vishnuictis was named by Pilgrim (1932). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Viverridae by Carroll (1988), Hunt (1989), Werdelin and Peigne (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Vishnuictis Pilgrim
1988Vishnuictis Carroll
1989Vishnuictis Hunt, Jr. p. 26
2010Vishnuictis Werdelin and Peigne p. 630

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
—AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyViverridae
genusVishnuictisPilgrim 1932

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Vishnuictis Pilgrim 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available