Semigenetta

Semigenetta
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Viverridae
Subfamily: Viverrinae
Genus: †Semigenetta
Type species
†Semigenetta repelini
Helbing, 1927
Species
  • †S. cadeoti Roman and Viret 1934
  • †S. elegans Dehm, 1950
  • †S. grandis Crusafont & Golpe, 1981
  • †S. laugnacensis De Bonis, 1973
  • †S. qiae Wang et al., 2024
  • †S. ripolli Petter, 1976
  • †S. sansaniensis Lartet, 1851
  • †S. thailandica Wang et al., 2024

Semigenetta is an extinct genus of viverrid. It lived in Europe, China, and Thailand in the Miocene, and was very similar to the extant genus Genetta, but lacked a molar that Genetta still possesses.

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