Eomellivora
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| Eomellivora Temporal range: Miocene, | |
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| Eomellivora piveteaui mandible | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Genus: | †Eomellivora Zdansky, 1924 |
| Type species | |
| †Eomellivora wimani Zdansky, 1924 | |
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Eomellivora is an extinct genus of prehistoric mustelids, closely related to the honey badger, known from Eurasia and North America, and tentatively Africa. It was one of the biggest mustelids ever known, bigger and more hypercarnivorous than the modern wolverine.[1] Using equations by Legendre (1986)[2] for calculating body mass for mammals through linear dimensions of the first lower molar, Eomellivora averaged roughly 50 kg (based on measurements reported in Valenciano et al., 2015).[1]
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