猛獾属

艾克猛獾; 化石时期：晚中新世; 6 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ▼
科学分类
界：	动物界 Animalia
门：	脊索动物门 Chordata
纲：	哺乳纲 Mammalia
目：	食肉目 Carnivora
科：	鼬科 Mustelidae
属：	†猛獾属 Ekorus; Werdelin, 2003
种：	†艾克猛獾 E. ekakeran
二名法
	†Ekorus ekakeran; Werdelin, 2003

艾克猛獾（学名：Ekorus ekakeran）为生存于中新世晚期肯亚的大型鼬科物种^[1]。它们的体型与现存的鼬科十分不同，现存鼬科多半具有较短的四肢且仅能进行短距离的奔跑；而艾克猛獾四肢则较修长，类似于豹，肩高可达60厘米（2英尺）^[2]。艾克猛獾在大型猫科兴起前为当地的顶级掠食者，以宽颌三趾马（英语：Eurygnathohippus）与尼亚萨猪（英语：Nyanzachoerus）为食。在东非大裂谷形成之前，肯亚被浓密的森林所覆盖^[3]，然而随著裂谷的形成，当地的植披也逐渐由森林被疏林草原所取代，也因此导致较适合于林间生存的艾克猛獾灭绝。

其他大型鼬科物种化石也曾在北美洲^[4]、欧洲^[5]、亚洲^[6]及非洲^[7]。

参考文献

^ Howell F. C. & García N. 2007. — Carnivora (Mammalia) from Lemudong’o (late Miocene: Narok District, Kenya). Kirtlandia 56: 121-139.
^ Werdelin L. 2003. — Mio-Pliocene Carnivora from Lothagam, Kenya, in Leakey M. G. & Harris J. D. (eds), Lothagam: Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa. Columbia University Press, New York: 261-328.
^ Werdelin L. & Simpson S. W. 2009. — The last amphicyonid (Mammalia, Carnivora) in Africa. Geodiversitas 31 (4) : 775-787.
^ Berta, A.; Morgan, G.S. A new sea otter (Carnivora: Mustelidae) from the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene (Hemphillian) of North America. Journal of Paleontology. 1985, 59 (4): 809–819. JSTOR 1304931.
^ Willemsen, G.F. A revision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Lutrinae from Europe. Geologica Scripta. 1992, 101 (1): 1–115 [21 June 2020]. （原始内容存档于2020-06-22）.
^ Pickford, M. Revision de los mamíferos bunodontos de tipo nutria del Mio-Plioceno del Subcontinente Indio. Estudios Geologicos. 2007, 63 (1): 85–127. doi:10.3989/egeol.07631192 .
^ Valenciano, A.; Govender, R. New insights into the giant mustelids (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from Langebaanweg fossil site (West Coast Fossil Park, South Africa, early Pliocene). PeerJ. June 2020: 9221 [21 June 2020]. （原始内容存档于2022-01-10）.

[1] Howell F. C. & García N. 2007. — Carnivora (Mammalia) from Lemudong’o (late Miocene: Narok District, Kenya). Kirtlandia 56: 121-139.

[2] Werdelin L. 2003. — Mio-Pliocene Carnivora from Lothagam, Kenya, in Leakey M. G. & Harris J. D. (eds), Lothagam: Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa. Columbia University Press, New York: 261-328.

[3] Werdelin L. & Simpson S. W. 2009. — The last amphicyonid (Mammalia, Carnivora) in Africa. Geodiversitas 31 (4) : 775-787.

[4] Berta, A.; Morgan, G.S. A new sea otter (Carnivora: Mustelidae) from the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene (Hemphillian) of North America. Journal of Paleontology. 1985, 59 (4): 809–819. JSTOR 1304931.

[5] Willemsen, G.F. A revision of the Pliocene and Quaternary Lutrinae from Europe. Geologica Scripta. 1992, 101 (1): 1–115 [21 June 2020]. （原始内容存档于2020-06-22）.

[6] Pickford, M. Revision de los mamíferos bunodontos de tipo nutria del Mio-Plioceno del Subcontinente Indio. Estudios Geologicos. 2007, 63 (1): 85–127. doi:10.3989/egeol.07631192 .

[7] Valenciano, A.; Govender, R. New insights into the giant mustelids (Mammalia, Carnivora, Mustelidae) from Langebaanweg fossil site (West Coast Fossil Park, South Africa, early Pliocene). PeerJ. June 2020: 9221 [21 June 2020]. （原始内容存档于2022-01-10）.

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