Raphictis

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]

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
Domain:	Eukaryota
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]