Enhydrictis
Enhydrictis is a genus of extinct mustelid, belonging to the subfamily Galictinae. The type species, and best known, is Enhydrictis galictoides from the Pleistocene of Sardinia and Corsica. Some authors attribute species from mainland Eurasia to the genus, but this is disputed, with others considering the genus endemic to Sardinia-Corsica.
| Enhydrictis Temporal range: Early - Late Pleistocene | |
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| Fossil of Enhydrictis galictoides | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Subfamily: | Ictonychinae |
| Genus: | †Enhydrictis Forsyth-Major, 1902 |
| Type species | |
| †Enhydrictis galictoides | |
| Other species | |
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