Moghradictis
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| Moghradictis Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | †Stenoplesictidae |
| Genus: | †Moghradictis Morlo, Miller, & El-Barkooky, 2007 |
| Species: | †M. nedjema |
| Binomial name | |
| †Moghradictis nedjema Morlo, Miller, & El-Barkooky, 2007 | |
Moghradictis is an extinct genus of carnivorous cat-like mammals belonging to the infraorder Aeluroidea, endemic to North Africa (Wadi Moghra, Egypt) during the Early Miocene.[1]
Moghradictis is shown to have an omnivorous diet or more precisely, hypercarnivorous to mesocarnivorous.[2][3] It is thought to be a member of the Stenoplesictidae family[1] and has only one known species, M. nedjema.
