Ictitherium
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Ictitherium (meaning "weasel beast") is an extinct genus belonging to the family Hyaenidae and the subfamily Ictitheriinae erected by Trouessart in 1897.[1] Ictitherium lived throughout Eurasia during the Late Miocene.[2]
Description
Ictitherium were around Script error: No such module "convert". long, and looked more like civets than modern hyenas, possessing a long body with short legs and a possibly short tail. It is speculated that I. viverrinum was an opportunistic feeder,[3] and that it ate plants as well as medium-small mammals and birds.[4] Ictitherium was a very successful and abundant genus, with multiple fossils often being found at a single site.[5]
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