Siamogale

Siamogale
Temporal range: Late Miocene, 11–5.333 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Subfamily: Lutrinae
Genus: †Siamogale
Ginsburg, Ingavat & Tassy, 1983
Species

†S. melilutra (Wang et al. 2017)
†S. thailandica (Ginsburg, Ingavat & Tassy, 1983)

Siamogale is an extinct genus of giant otter from the late Miocene of Asia. Two species are currently known.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Xiaoming Wang; et al. "A new otter of giant size, Siamogale melilutra sp. nov. (Lutrinae: Mustelidae: Carnivora), from the latest Miocene Shuitangba site in north-eastern Yunnan, south-western China, and a total-evidence phylogeny of lutrines". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1267666.


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