Leptictis

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Leptictis Fossil range: late Eocene to late Oligocene
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.

[edit] 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

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