Leptictis

Leptictis Temporal range: late Eocene to late Oligocene
Leptictis acutidens
Illustrated recreation of a Leptictis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Leptictida
Family:	†Leptictidae
Genus:	†Leptictis Leidy, 1868
Species
†L. acutidens †L. dakotensis †L. douglassi †L. haydeni †L. montanus †L. thomsoni †L. wilsoni

Leptictis is an extinct genus of mammal. It was related to the better-known Leptictidium.

References

• McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8
• Kenneth, D. R. (2006). The postcranial skeleton of early Oligocene Leptictis (Mammalia: Leptictida), with a preliminary comparison to Leptictidium from the middle Eocene of Messel. Palaeontographica Abteilung A, 278(1-6), 37-56.