Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Superfamily Aeluroidea | |
Similar Stenoplesictis, Proailurus lemanensis, Eusmilus, Nimravidae, Nimravus | ||
Anictis is an extinct species of carnivorous cat-like mammal belonging to the superfamily Aeluroidea, endemic to Europe living from the Oligocene 33.9—28.4 Ma, existing for approximately 5.4 million years.
Anictis is shown to have an omnivorous diet or more precisely, hypercarnivorous to mesocarnivorous.
Taxonomy
Anictis was named by Kretzoi (1945). It was assigned to Aeluroidea by Hunt (1998); and to Viverridae by Flynn (1998).
References
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