Leptictis

Leptictis is an extinct genus of mammal. It was related to the better-known Leptictidium.

Leptictis Temporal range: late Eocene to late Oligocene
Leptictis acutidens
Illustrated recreation of a Leptictis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Leptictida
Family:	†Leptictidae
Genus:	†Leptictis Leidy, 1868
Species
†L. acutidens †L. dakotensis †L. douglassi †L. haydeni †L. montanus †L. thomsoni †L. wilsoni

References

• McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8
• Kenneth, D. R. (2006). The postcranial skeleton of early Oligocene Leptictis (Mammalia: Leptictida), with a preliminary comparison to Leptictidium from the middle Eocene of Messel. Palaeontographica Abteilung A, 278(1-6), 37–56.