Ictitherium

Ictitherium; Temporal range: Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N (Vallesian to Turolian)
	Skeletal mount, Tianjin Natural History Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Hyaenidae
Subfamily:	†Ictitheriinae
Genus:	†Ictitherium; Wagner, 1848
Type species
	†Ictitherium viverrinum; Roth & Wagner, 1854
Species
	†I. tauricum Borissiak, 1915; †I. pannonicum Kretzoi, 1952; †I. intuberculatum Ozansoy, 1965; †I. ibericum Meladze, 1967; †I. kurteni Werdelin, 1988;
Synonyms
	Genus synonymy Paraictitherium Ducrotay, 1903 ; Leptohyaena Depéret, 1914 ; Sinictitherium Zhongjian, 1937 ; Galeotherium Wagner, 1840 ; Species synonymy I. viverrinum: Galeotherium gen. nov. Wagner, 1840 ; Ictitherium robustum (Nadmann, 1859) Gaudry, 1862 ; Thalassictis gracilis Hensel, 1862 ; Thalassictis viverrina (Roth & Wagner, 1852) Hensel, 1862 ; Ictitherium gaudryi Zdansky, 1924 ; Ictitherium sinense Zdansky, 1924 ; Palhyaena? gaudryi Zdansky, 1938 ; Sinictitherium sinense Kretzoi, 1938 ; ; I. tauricum: Protictitherium? tauricum (Borissiak, 1915) Schmidt-Kittler, 1976 ; Protictitherium crassum Depéret, 1976 ; ; I. pannonicum: Palhyaena hungarica Kretzoi, 1938 ; Ictitherium cf. robustum Nordmann, 1952 ; Thalassictis aff. hipparionum (Gervais, 1846) Adrover et al., 1986 ; ; I. ibericum: Melinae gen. Meladze, 1967 ; ;

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 1.2 metres (4 ft) 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]

References

^ "Paleobiology Database: Ictitherium basic info". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
^ Werdelin, Lars; Solounias, Nikos (1991). "The Hyaenidae: taxonomy, systematics, and evolution". Fossils and Strata. 30: 1–104. doi:10.18261/8200374815-1991-01. ISBN 82-00-37481-5.
^ Rivals, Florent; Belyaev, Ruslan I.; Basova, Vera B.; Prilepskaya, Natalya E. (15 May 2024). "A tale from the Neogene savanna: Paleoecology of the hipparion fauna in the northern Black Sea region during the late Miocene". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 642: 112133. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112133. Retrieved 30 August 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
^ "Carnivoran Dietary Adaptations: A Multiproxy Study on the Feeding Ecology of the Fossil Carnivorans of Greece". 14 Feb 2021.
^ Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 221. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.

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[1] "Paleobiology Database: Ictitherium basic info". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-08-05.

[2] Werdelin, Lars; Solounias, Nikos (1991). "The Hyaenidae: taxonomy, systematics, and evolution". Fossils and Strata. 30: 1–104. doi:10.18261/8200374815-1991-01. ISBN 82-00-37481-5.

[3] Rivals, Florent; Belyaev, Ruslan I.; Basova, Vera B.; Prilepskaya, Natalya E. (15 May 2024). "A tale from the Neogene savanna: Paleoecology of the hipparion fauna in the northern Black Sea region during the late Miocene". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 642: 112133. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112133. Retrieved 30 August 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.

[4] "Carnivoran Dietary Adaptations: A Multiproxy Study on the Feeding Ecology of the Fossil Carnivorans of Greece". 14 Feb 2021.

[EoDP-5] Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 221. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.

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