Protictis
Sign in to saveProtictis ("first weasel") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Didymictinae within extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America from early Paleocene to middle Eocene.
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It is catalogued under topics including Paleocene mammals of North America, Prehistoric placental genera and Viverravidae.
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Protictis ("first weasel") is an extinct paraphyletic genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Didymictinae within extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America from early Paleocene to middle Eocene.
==Etymology== The name of genus Protictis comes and Latin ictis.
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