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Poecilogale
Taxonomy
Poecilogale was named by Thomas (1883). It is extant. Its type is Zorilla albinucha.
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Stuart (1981); and to Ictonychinae by Law et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Stuart (1981); and to Ictonychinae by Law et al. (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1883 | Poecilogale Thomas |
| 1981 | Poecilogale Stuart p. 16 |
| 2018 | Poecilogale Law et al. |
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G. Poecilogale Thomas 1883
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Poecilogale albinucha Gray 1864 [African striped weasel]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Piacenzian | Ethiopia | P. sp. (21783) |