Kanuites

Extinct genus of carnivores From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kanuites is an extinct genus of paradoxurine viverrid carnivore.[1] It lived in Africa, during the Miocene epoch.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Viverridae
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Kanuites
Temporal range: Miocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Viverridae
Genus: Kanuites
Dehghani & Werdelin, 2008
Type species
Kanuites lewisae
Dehghani & Werdelin, 2008
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Description

Kanuites was about 90 centimetres (3 ft) long, and looked remarkably similar to modern genets. Kanuites was probably an omnivore and may have had retractable claws, like a feline. It may have lived at least part of its life in trees.[2]

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