Palaeogale
Extinct genus of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Palaeogale is an extinct genus of carnivorous mammal known from the Late Eocene, Oligocene, and Early Miocene of North America, Europe, and Eastern Asia. A small carnivore often associated with the mustelids, Palaeogale might have been similar to living genets, civets, and linsangs.
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Lateral view of Bunaelurus (=Palaeogale) from Matthew 1902 | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | †Palaeogalidae |
Genus: | †Palaeogale von Meyer 1846, p. 474 |
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