Ictitherium

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Ictitherium
Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Early Pliocene
Skeletal mount, Tianjin Natural History Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Hyaenidae
Subfamily: †
Ictitheriinae
Genus: †Ictitherium
Species
  • I. viverrinum
  • I. syvalense
  • ?I. arambourgi
  • ?I. gaudryi
  • ?I. hipparionum
  • ?I. orbingyi
  • ?I. sinence
  • ?I. preforfex

Ictitherium (meaning "weasel beast") is an

mya) and existed approximately 7.4 million years.[1]

Description

life restoration

Ictitherium were around 1.2 metres (4 ft) long, and looked more like civets than modern hyenas, possessing a long body with short legs and a possibly short tail. It is speculated that I. viverrinum ate plants as well as medium-small mammals and birds.[2] Ictitherium was a very successful and abundant genus, with multiple fossils often being found at a single site.[3] Possibly, this early hyena genus lived in packs and had a social order, much like its modern descendants.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Paleobiology Database: Ictitherium basic info.
  2. ^ "Carnivoran Dietary Adaptations: A Multiproxy Study on the Feeding Ecology of the Fossil Carnivorans of Greece". 14 Feb 2021.
  3. ISBN 1-84028-152-9
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