Chriacus
Sign in to saveChriacus is an extinct genus of placental mammals that lived in what is now North America from the Paleocene and early Eocene epochs. In life, members of the genus may have looked something like a kinkajou or binturong, though they were not closely related to any living mammal. Like many early Cenozoic mammals, its relationships are uncertain, with possible affinities to ungulates or Ferae (carnivorans and their relatives).
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Chriacus is an extinct genus of placental mammals that lived in what is now North America from the Paleocene and early Eocene epochs. In life, members of the genus may have looked something like a kinkajou or binturong, though they were not closely related to any living mammal. Like many early Cenozoic mammals, its relationships are uncertain, with possible affinities to ungulates or Ferae (carnivorans and their relatives).
== Paleobiology == Chriacus were probably omnivores, eating fruit, eggs, insects and small mammals.