Raphictis

Raphictis
Temporal range: late Paleocene
lower jaw of Raphictis gausion
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Superfamily: Viverravoidea
Family: Viverravidae
Subfamily: Didymictinae
Genus: Raphictis
Gingerich & Winkler, 1985
Type species
Raphictis gausion
Gingerich & Winkler, 1985
Species
  • R. gausion (Gingerich & Winkler, 1985)
  • R. iota (Scott, 2008)
  • R. machaera (Rankin, 2009)
  • R. nanoptexis (Rankin, 2009)

Raphictis ("needle weasel") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct subfamily Didymictinae within extinct family Viverravidae, that lived in North America during late Paleocene.