Amphictis borbonica is an extinct carnivoran described by Viret in 1929, one of the nine species of the genus Amphictis named by 2017. The English Wikipedia article on the genus notes that Amphictis could be paraphyletic, with this species a potential sister taxon to the ancestor of the subfamily Ailurinae, which today consists only of the red panda. That article also records a 2025 view in which A. borbonica is of indeterminate generic status. The Paleobiology Database lists German occurrences of the species in Rhineland-Palatinate, at Weisenau near Mainz and in quarries near Budenheim.
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Source Amphictis (Wikipedia)
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Source Paleobiology Database: Occurrences of Amphictis borbonicaOccurrence record, countryQuote, Occurrence record, country
"cc": "DE"
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1. Wikipedia: Ailuridae
WikipediaLead, earliest known member AmphictisQuote, Lead, earliest known member Amphictis
The earliest known member, Amphictis, was likely an unspecialised carnivore, based on its dentition.
2. Paleobiology Database: Taxon record for Amphictis borbonica
Paleobiology DatabaseTaxon record, extant status
"is_extant": "extinct"
Taxon record, extinction as conservation status
"is_extant": "extinct"
Ecospace record, environment
"taxon_environment": "terrestrial"
View the Source Amphictis (Wikipedia)
In Group: Mustelids, Procyonids And Other Carnivorans, Lead, classification as a musteloid
Amphictis is an extinct genus of early musteloid which lived from the Late Oligocene to the Middle Miocene
Child Taxon Of: Ailuridae, Lead, ailurid placement
Though often regarded as an ailurid (part of the red panda family)
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