''Africanictis'' is an extinct genus of

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s belonging to the

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Aeluroidea, endemic to Africa for approximately , from 23.03 to 11.610 Ma, during the Miocene epoch. ''Africanictis'' is thought to have had an omnivorous—or more precisely hypercarnivorous to mesocarnivorous—diet.

Taxonomy

''Africanictis'' was named by Morales et al. (1998). It was assigned to Stenoplesictidae by Morlo et al. (2007).M. Morlo, E. R. Miller, and A. N. El-Barkooky. 2007. Creodonta and Carnivora from Wadi Moghra, Egypt. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):145-159

References

Miocene feliforms Miocene mammals of Africa Prehistoric carnivoran genera {{paleo-carnivora-stub