Palaeogale

Palaeogale; Temporal range:
	Lateral view of Bunaelurus (=Palaeogale) from Matthew 1902
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	†Palaeogalidae
Genus:	†Palaeogale; von Meyer 1846, p. 474
Species
	†P. dorothiae; Macdonald 1963, p. 219; †P. felina; Filhol 1877, p. 39; †P. hyaenoides; Dehm 1950; †P. lagophagus; Cope 1873; †P. minuta (type); Gervais 1848, Pl. XVIII, p. 10; †P. praehyaenoides; Morlo 1996; †P. sanguinarius; Loomis 1932; †P. sectoria; Gervais 1848, Pl. XVIII, p. 10;
Synonyms
	Bunaelurus; Cope 1873;

Palaeogale is an extinct genus of carnivorous mammal known from the Late Eocene, Oligocene, and Early Miocene of North America, Europe, and Eastern Asia. A small carnivore often associated with the mustelids, Palaeogale might have been similar to living genets, civets, and linsangs.

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