Raphictis

Raphictis; Temporal range: 58.9–57.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ late Paleocene
	lower jaw of Raphictis gausion
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Superfamily:	†Viverravoidea
Family:	†Viverravidae
Subfamily:	†Didymictinae
Genus:	†Raphictis; Gingerich & Winkler, 1985
Type species
	†Raphictis gausion; Gingerich & Winkler, 1985
Species
	†R. gausion (Gingerich & Winkler, 1985); †R. iota (Scott, 2008); †R. machaera (Rankin, 2009); †R. nanoptexis (Rankin, 2009);

Raphictis ("needle weasel") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Didymictinae within extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America during late Paleocene.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Superfamily:†Viverravoidea

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Raphictis Temporal range: 58.9–57.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ late Paleocene^[1]

lower jaw of Raphictis gausion
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Superfamily:	†Viverravoidea
Family:	†Viverravidae
Subfamily:	†Didymictinae
Genus:	†Raphictis Gingerich & Winkler, 1985^[2]
Type species
†Raphictis gausion Gingerich & Winkler, 1985
Species
†R. gausion (Gingerich & Winkler, 1985)^[2] †R. iota (Scott, 2008)^[3] †R. machaera (Rankin, 2009)^[4] †R. nanoptexis (Rankin, 2009)^[4]