''Raphictis'' ("needle
weasel") is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily
Didymictinae within extinct family
Viverravidae, that lived in
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
during late
Paleocene.
Phylogeny
The phylogenetic relationships of genus ''Raphictis'' are shown in the following cladogram:
[P. D. Gingerich and D. A. Winkler (1985]
"Systematics of Paleocene Viverravidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) in the Bighorn Basin and Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming."
Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(4):87-128[S. Faurby, L. Werdelin, A. Antonelli (2019]
"Dispersal ability predicts evolutionary success among mammalian carnivores"
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Box 461, SE
See also
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Mammal classification
*
Didymictinae
References
Viverravids
Paleocene mammals of North America
Prehistoric placental genera
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