Semigenetta

Extinct genus of viverrid

Semigenetta Temporal range: Langhian–Tortonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Viverridae
Subfamily:	Viverrinae
Genus:	†Semigenetta
Type species
†Semigenetta repelini Helbing, 1927
Species
†S. cadeoti Roman and Viret 1934 †S. elegans Dehm, 1950 †S. grandis Crusafont & Golpe, 1981 †S. laugnacensis De Bonis, 1973 †S. qiae Wang et al., 2024 †S. ripolli Petter, 1976 †S. sansaniensis Lartet, 1851 †S. thailandica Wang et al., 2024

Semigenetta is an extinct genus of viverrid. It lived in Europe, China, and Thailand in the Miocene,^[1] and was very similar to the extant genus Genetta , but lacked a molar that Genetta still possesses.^[2]

Palaeoecology

At the Late Miocene site of Hammerschmiede, S. sansaniensis competed with "Martes" sansaniensis and with Alopecocyon goeriachensis and was the most hypercarnivorous out of the three.^[3]

^ "Fossilworks: Semigenetta".
^ Nagel, Doris. "Carnivores from the Middle Miocene deposits of Grund (Lower Austria)" (PDF).
^ Kargopoulos, Nikolaos; Valenciano, Alberto; Abella, Juan; Morlo, Michael; Konidaris, George E.; Kampouridis, Panagiotis; Lechner, Thomas; Böhme, Madelaine (14 July 2024). "The carnivoran guilds from the Late Miocene hominid locality of Hammerschmiede (Bavaria, Germany)". Geobios . doi:10.1016/j.geobios.202402003 . Retrieved 6 November 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.

Genera of civets, mongooses, hyenas, cats, and their extinct allies

†Africanictis †Dunictis †Forsythictis †Lufengictis †Ketketictis †Mioprionodon †Moghradictis †Progenetta
Genettinae	Genetta Poiana
Hemigalinae	Chrotogale Cynogale Diplogale Hemigalus Macrogalidia
Paradoxurinae	Arctictis Arctogalidia †Kanuites †Kichechia Paguma Paradoxurus †Siamictis †Tugenictis
Viverrinae	Civettictis †Semigenetta Viverra Viverricula

Herpestidae	See below↓
Hyaenidae	See below↓

Euplerinae	Cryptoprocta Eupleres Fossa
Galidiinae	Galidia Galidictis Mungotictis Salanoia

†Kichechia †Legetetia †Leptoplesictis †Ugandictis
Herpestinae	Atilax Bdeogale Cynictis Herpestes Ichneumia Paracynictis Urva Xenogale
Mungotinae	Crossarchus Dologale Helogale Liberiictis Mungos Suricata

†Allohyaena †Belbus †Metahyaena †Pliocrocuta †Tongxinictis †Werdelinus
†Ictitheriinae	Herpestides Hyaenotherium Ictitherium Lycyaena Miohyaenotherium Plioviverrops Protictitherium Thalassictis Tungurictis
Protelinae	†Gansuyaena Proteles
Hyaeninae	†Adcrocuta †Chasmaporthetes Crocuta Hyaena †Hyaenictis †Ikelohyaena †Leecyaena †Lycyaenops †Pachycrocuta †Palinhyaena Parahyaena

†Asilifelis †Diamantofelis †Hyperailurictis †Katifelis †Namafelis †Miopanthera †Pseudaelurus †Sivaelurus †Styriofelis
†Proailurinae	Proailurus Vinayakia
Felinae	Acinonyx Catopuma Caracal Felis Herpailurus Leopardus Leptailurus †Leptofelis Lynx †Magerifelis †Miracinonyx Otocolobus Pardofelis †Pratifelis Prionailurus †Pristifelis Puma †Sivapanthera †Sivapardus †Vishnufelis
†Machairodontinae	See Machairodontinae
Pantherinae	Neofelis Panthera †Leontoceryx †Pachypanthera

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