''Moghradictis'' is an extinct genus of

carnivorous A carnivore , or meat-eater (Latin, ''caro'', genitive ''carnis'', meaning meat or "flesh" and ''vorare'' meaning "to devour"), is an animal or plant whose food and energy requirements derive from animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other ...

cat The cat (''Felis catus'') is a domestic species of small carnivorous mammal. It is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae and is commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat to distinguish it from the wild members of ...

-like mammals belonging to the superfamily

Aeluroidea Aeluroidea is an extant Taxonomic rank, clade of cat, feline-like carnivores that are, or were, endemic to North America, South America, Africa, and Asia. They appeared during the Oligocene about . Taxonomy Aeluroidea was named by William Henry ...

, endemic to

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in t ...

(Wadi Moghra, Egypt) during the Early

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recent" ...

. ''Moghradictis'' is shown to have an

omnivorous An omnivore () is an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter. Obtaining energy and nutrients from plant and animal matter, omnivores digest carbohydrates, protein, fat, and fiber, and metabolize the nut ...

diet or more precisely, hypercarnivorous to mesocarnivorous.R. M. Nowak. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, Sixth Edition I:1-836 It is thought to be a member of the

Stenoplesictidae Stenoplesictidae is the name of a polyphyletic family of extinct civet-like feliforms. Taxonomy Classification Phylogenetic tree The cladogram shown below represents the current phylogenetic relationships of members of family Stenoplesictid ...

familyM. 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 and has only one known species, ''M. nedjema''.

References

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