''Stenogale'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

carnivorans Carnivora ( ) is an Order (biology), order of Placentalia, placental mammals specialized primarily in eating flesh, whose members are formally referred to as carnivorans. The order Carnivora is the sixth largest order of mammals, comprising at ...

whose fossils are found in France, Germany, and Switzerland.

Morphology

The presence of accessory cusps on the premolars and other dental characters are present in stenogales, a characteristic that is shared by

Barbourofelidae Barbourofelidae (or Barbourofelinae) is an extinct family (biology), family (or subfamily) of carnivorans of the suborder Feliformia, sometimes known as false saber-toothed cats, that lived in North America, Eurasia and Africa during the Miocene ...

and

Felidae Felidae ( ) is the Family (biology), family of mammals in the Order (biology), order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats. A member of this family is also called a felid ( ). The 41 extant taxon, extant Felidae species exhibit the gre ...

Taxonomy

Its placement in Feliformia has undergone revision since its discovery; it has been assigned to

Mustelinae Mustelinae is a subfamily of Family (biology), family Mustelidae, including weasels, ferrets, and minks. __TOC__ It was formerly defined in a paraphyletic manner to also include wolverines, martens, and many other mustelids, to the exclusion of ...

Mustelidae The Mustelidae (; from Latin , weasel) are a diverse family of carnivora, carnivoran mammals, including weasels, badgers, otters, polecats, martens, grisons, and wolverines. Otherwise known as mustelids (), they form the largest family in the s ...

, and

Aeluroidea Aeluroidea, Ailuroidea, or Feloidea is the name of a taxon (infraorder or superfamily) comprising cat-like Carnivora. More specifically the taxon comprises:Feliformia, Pan-Feliformia. In: R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evoluti ...

before its most recent assignment to

Feloidea Aeluroidea, Ailuroidea, or Feloidea is the name of a taxon (infraorder or superfamily) comprising cat-like Carnivora. More specifically the taxon comprises:Feliformia, Pan-Feliformia. In: R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evoluti ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q56328043 Oligocene feliforms Prehistoric carnivoran genera Taxa named by Max Schlosser Fossil taxa described in 1888 Oligocene mammals of Europe