Semigenetta

Semigenetta is an extinct genus of viverrid. It lived in Europe, China, and Thailand in the Miocene,^[1] and was very similar to the extant genus Genetta, but lacked a molar that Genetta still possesses.^[2]

Semigenetta Temporal range: Langhian–Tortonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Viverridae
Subfamily:	Viverrinae
Genus:	†Semigenetta
Type species
†Semigenetta repelini Helbing, 1927
Species
†S. cadeoti Roman and Viret 1934 †S. elegans Dehm, 1950 †S. grandis Crusafont & Golpe, 1981 †S. laugnacensis De Bonis, 1973 †S. qiae Wang et al., 2024 †S. ripolli Petter, 1976 †S. sansaniensis Lartet, 1851 †S. thailandica Wang et al., 2024

Palaeoecology

At the Late Miocene site of Hammerschmiede, S. sansaniensis competed with "Martes" sansaniensis and with Alopecocyon goeriachensis and was the most hypercarnivorous out of the three.^[3]