''Subparictis'' is an extinct genus of

carnivora Carnivora is a monophyletic order of placental mammals consisting of the most recent common ancestor of all cat-like and dog-like animals, and all descendants of that ancestor. Members of this group are formally referred to as carnivorans, ...

n mammals in the family

Subparictidae Subparictidae is an extinct family of early Paleogene arctoid carnivorans endemic to North America that closely related to bears. They were small, raccoon-like mammals that lived from the Eocene to the early Miocene. This family includes a hand ...

that inhabited North America.

Taxonomy & evolution

''Subparictis'' was originally described as a subgenus of ''

Parictis ''Parictis'' is an extinct arctoid, possibly the earliest genus of bears known, though a recent variety of morphological evidence links amphicynodontines with pinnipeds. It was a very small and graceful arctoid with a skull only 7 cm long. ...

'' for ''Parictis (Subparictis) gilpini'' in 1972. It also included three other species: ''S. dakotensis'', which had first been described in 1936; ''S. parvus'', which was first described in 1967; and ''S. montanus'', which was described in the same 1972 paper that named the subgenus. The genus ''Parictis'' was revised, and ''Subparictis'' elevated to a full genus, in an extensive re-description in 1996. It is assigned to the early arctoid family

as of 2023.

References

Subparictidae Prehistoric carnivoran genera Eocene mammals of North America {{paleo-carnivora-stub