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Galictis (grison)
Taxonomy
Galictis was named by Bell (1826). It is extant. Its type is Viverra vittata. It is the type genus of Galictinae.
It was assigned to Mustelinae by Hay (1902); to Mustelidae by Carroll (1988); to Galictini by Baskin (2011); and to Ictonychinae by Law et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Mustelinae by Hay (1902); to Mustelidae by Carroll (1988); to Galictini by Baskin (2011); and to Ictonychinae by Law et al. (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1826 | Galictis Bell p. 552 |
| 1902 | Galictis Hay p. 767 |
| 1988 | Galictis Carroll |
| 2011 | Galictis Baskin p. 2 |
| 2018 | Galictis Law et al. |
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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. Galictis Bell 1826 [grison]
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Galictis cuja Molina 1782 [lesser grison]
†Galictis sorgentinii Reig 1957
Galictis vittata Schreber 1776 [greater grison]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Gebo and Rose 1993 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Galictis sorgentini (199157) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Galictis sorgentini (71304) | |
| Holocene | Peru | Galictis vittata (21689) | |
| Holocene | Venezuela (Guarico) | Galictis vittata (21686) |