Didymictis
Sign in to saveDidymictis ("double weasel") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from the extinct subfamily Didymictinae within the extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America and Europe from the Late Paleocene to Middle Eocene.
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It sits within the topics Paleocene mammals, Paleocene mammals of North America and Prehistoric placental genera.
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Didymictis ("double weasel") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from the extinct subfamily Didymictinae within the extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America and Europe from the Late Paleocene to Middle Eocene.
==Description== Didymictis is the only viverravid genus for which there are considerable postcranial remains. The genus was primarily terrestrial but at least partly cursorial, similar to a civets.
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