Anictis

Anictis is an extinct species of carnivorous cat-like mammal belonging to the infraorder Aeluroidea, endemic to Europe (Quercy, France) living from the Oligocene 33.9—28.4 Ma, existing for approximately 5.4 million years.^[1]

Anictis Temporal range: Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Genus:	†Anictis Kretzoi, 1945
Species:	†A. simplicidens
Binomial name
†Anictis simplicidens Schlosser, 1890

Anictis is shown to have an omnivorous diet or more precisely, hypercarnivorous to mesocarnivorous.^[2][3]

Taxonomy

Anictis was named by Kretzoi (1945). It was assigned to Aeluroidea by Hunt (1998); and to Viverridae by Flynn (1998).^[4][5] There is one known species, Anictis simplicidens.