Bryanictis

Bryanictis
Temporal range: early to late Paleocene
lower jaw of Bryanictis microlestes
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Superfamily: †Viverravoidea
Family: †Viverravidae
Subfamily: †Didymictinae
Genus: †Bryanictis
MacIntyre, 1966
Type species
†Bryanictis microlestes
Simpson, 1935
Species
  • †B. microlestes (Simpson, 1935)
  • †B. paulus (Meehan & Wilson, 2002)
  • †B. terlinguae (Standhardt, 1986)
Synonyms
synonyms of species:
  • B. microlestes:
    • Didymictis microlestes (Simpson, 1935)
    • Protictis microlestes (MacIntyre, 1966)
  • B. terlinguae:
    • Protictis terlinguae (Standhardt, 1986)

Bryanictis ("Bryan's weasel") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Didymictinae within extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America, from the early to late Paleocene.

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