Vulpavus

Vulpavus[1]
Temporal range: early to middle Eocene
Vulpavus ovatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivoramorpha
Family: Miacidae
Genus: Vulpavus
Marsh, 1871
Type species
Vulpavus palustris
Species
  • V. australis
  • V. canavus
  • V. ovatus
  • V. palustris
  • V. profectus

Vulpavus is an extinct genus of Miacidae. It measured 60-90 cm in length and had an estimated weight over 1.19 kg (in V. palustris).[2]

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