Siamogale Melilutra Skull
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''Siamogale'' is an extinct genus of giant
otter Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic, or marine, with diets based on fish and invertebrates. Lutrinae is a branch of the Mustelidae family, which also includes wea ...
from the late
Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recen ...
-early
Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58S. thailandica'' and '' S. bounosa'' from Thailand and '' S. melilutra'' from China.


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Prehistoric mustelids Miocene carnivorans Otters Neogene mammals of Asia Pliocene genus extinctions Fossil taxa described in 1983 Prehistoric carnivoran genera {{Paleo-carnivora-stub