Kanuites
Kanuites is an extinct genus of viverrid carnivore.[1] It lived in Africa, during the Miocene epoch. The viverrids are a group of civet cats, and the group is rather cat-like in its form and life-style.
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Scientific classification 
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| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Kanuites |
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| †Kanuites lewisae Dehghani & Werdelin, 2008
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Description
Kanuites was about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). long, and looked very similar to modern genets. It was probably an omnivore and may have had retractable claws, like a feline. It may have lived in trees for part of its life.[2]
References
- ↑ Lars Werdelin (2019). "'Middle Miocene Carnivora and Hyaenodonta from Fort Ternan, western Kenya" (PDF). Geodiversitas. 41 (6).
- ↑ Palmer D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 225. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.