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Monotypic taxon:
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Kanuites
Dehghani & Werdelin, 2008
(mammal)
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Entity:
Viverridae (Family) - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas
..Hemigalinae (Subfamily) - palm and otter civets
..†Legetetia (Genus)
..†Lophocyoninae (Subfamily)
..Paradoxurinae (Subfamily) - palm civets
..†Stenoplesictinae (Subfamily)
..Viverrinae (Subfamily) - civets, genets, linsangs
..†Kanuites (Genus)
....†Kanuites lewisae (Species)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Chordata
-
(Class)
Mammalia
-
(Order)
Carnivora
-
(Family)
Viverridae
Original position
Questionably
Viverridae
(Family)
Gray, 1821
Ref:
Dehghani, R. & Werdelin, L. 2008: 234 ("?").
Current position
Viverridae
(Family)
Gray, 1821
Ref:
Dehghani & Werdelin, 2008: 234
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new taxon
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Number of Subtaxa
2026
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
†1s
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
: 20 Oct 2025
[; †1s]
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