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Moghradictis

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Moghradictis
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Stenoplesictidae
Genus: Moghradictis
Morlo, Miller, & El-Barkooky, 2007
Species:
M. nedjema
Binomial name
Moghradictis nedjema
Morlo, Miller, & El-Barkooky, 2007

Moghradictis is an extinct genus of carnivorous cat-like mammals belonging to the infraorder Aeluroidea, endemic to North Africa (Wadi Moghra, Egypt) during the Early Miocene.[1]

Moghradictis is shown to have an omnivorous diet or more precisely, hypercarnivorous to mesocarnivorous.[2][3] It is thought to be a member of the Stenoplesictidae family[1] and has only one known species, M. nedjema.

References

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  1. ^ a b M. Morlo, E. R. Miller, and A. N. El-Barkooky. 2007. Creodonta and Carnivora from Wadi Moghra, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):145-159
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ R. M. Nowak. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, Sixth Edition I:1-836