Asiavorator
Asiavorator is an extinct genus of carnivorous, cat-like civet endemic to Asia in the Oligocene.[1]
| Asiavorator | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | †Stenoplesictidae |
| Genus: | †Asiavorator Spassov & Lange-Badré, 1995 |
| Species: | †A. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Asiavorator gracilis Matthew & Granger, 1924 | |
The teeth of Asiavorator suggest that the beasts were omnivorous or more precisely, ranged from hypercarnivorous to mesocarnivorous.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Asiavorator was named by Spassov and Lange-Badré (1995). It was assigned to Aeluroidea by Hunt (1998).[4] There is one known species, Asiavorator gracilis.
References
- Paleobiology Database: Asiavorator basic info.
- J. A. Lillegraven. 1979. Reproduction in Mesozoic mammals. In J. A. Lillegraven, Z. Kielan-Jaworowska, and W. A. Clemens (eds.), Mesozoic Mammals: The First Two-Thirds of Mammalian History. University of California Press, Berkeley 259-276
- R. M. Nowak. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, Sixth Edition I:1-836
- R. M. Hunt. 1998. Evolution of the aeluroid Carnivora: diversity of the earliest aeluroids from Eurasia (Quercy, Hsanda-Gol) and the origin of felids. American Museum Novitates 3252:1-65
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