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Magerictis is a fossil genus of ailurid with a single species Magerictis imperialenis (sometimes spelled Magerictis imperialis), which was originally known from a single m2 tooth. Several more specimens were later found, but were undescribed as of 2014.

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Magerictis is a fossil genus of ailurid with a single species Magerictis imperialenis (sometimes spelled Magerictis imperialis), which was originally known from a single m2 tooth. Several more specimens were later found, but were undescribed as of 2014.

==Taxonomy & evolution== Magerictis is placed in the subfamily Ailurinae, though its relationship to other genera and species in that subfamily are still unknown. It is considered to have likely evolved from a species of Amphictis.

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