Civettictis braini

Civettictis braini
Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Viverridae
Genus: Civettictis
Species:
†C. braini
Binomial name
†Civettictis braini
Fourvel, 2018[1]

Civettictis braini is an extinct species of civet that lived in South Africa during the Plio-Pleistocene.

Civettictis braini differs significantly from the extant African civet in its dental proportions. Its canine and three premolars are relatively robust, and its carnassials and two molars are extremely reduced. Fossils have been found at the Kromdraai site and have been dated to around 2 million years ago.[2]

References

  1. ^ Avery, D. Margaret (2019). A Fossil History of Southern African Land Mammals. Cambridge University Press. p. 105. ISBN 9781108480888.
  2. ^ Fourvel, Jean-Baptiste (2018). "Civettictis braini nov. sp. (Mammalia: Carnivora), a new viverrid from the hominin-bearing site of Kromdraai (Gauteng, South Africa)". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 17 (6): 366–377. Bibcode:2018CRPal..17..366F. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2017.11.005.


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