Xinyuictis is an extinct genus of Miacidae. It contains a species, ''Xinyuictis tenuis''. It was once suggested that the species was the same as ''

Miacis ''Miacis'' is a genus of extinct carnivorous mammals that appeared in the late Paleocene and continued through the Eocene. The genus ''Miacis'' is not monophyletic but a diverse collection of species that belong to the stemgroup within the ...

'', but it was eventually decided that they were different.

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*Flynn, J.J., 1998. Early Cenozoic Carnivora ("Miacoidea"). pp. 110–123 in C.M. Janis, K.M. Scott, and L.L. Jacobs (eds.) ''Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals.'' Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
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Prehistoric mammals of North America Miacids Eocene carnivorans Fossil taxa described in 1975 Prehistoric placental genera

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