Kanuites
Extinct genus of carnivores
Kanuites Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Viverridae |
Genus: | †Kanuites Dehghani & Werdelin, 2008 |
Type species | |
†Kanuites lewisae Dehghani & Werdelin, 2008 |
Kanuites is an extinct genus of paradoxurine viverrid carnivore.[1] It lived in Africa, during the Miocene epoch.
Description
Kanuites was about 90 centimetres (3 ft) long, and looked remarkably similar to modern genets. Kanuites was probably an omnivore and may have had retractable claws, like a feline. It may have lived at least part of its life in trees.[2]
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