Vishnuictis

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Vishnuictis
Temporal range: Pliocene–Pleistocene[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Viverridae
Genus: Vishnuictis
Pilgrim, 1932
Type species
†Vishnuictis hinduiensis
Species
  • V. salmontanus
  • V. durandi

Vishnuictis is a species of viverrid[2] that originally lived in India and possibly China during the Pliocene through the Pleistocene.[3] In India it lived in Pinjor Formation.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org.
  2. ^ R., Carroll (1998). "R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution" (PDF). doi:10.2307/3514548. JSTOR 3514548. S2CID 86406076. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ R. L. Werdelin, S. Peigne; W. J., Sander (2010). "R. L. Werdelin and S. Peigne. 2010. Carnivora. In L. Werdelin, W. J. Sanders (eds.), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa 603-657". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)