原鼬鬣狗屬

原鼬鬣狗屬; 化石時期：中新世中期至末期，16–7.5 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	P. crassum 的骨骼，發現於西班牙中部的托雷洪-德貝拉斯科。
科學分類
界：	動物界 Animalia
門：	脊索動物門 Chordata
綱：	哺乳綱 Mammalia
目：	食肉目 Carnivora
科：	鬣狗科 Hyaenidae
亞科：	†鼬鬣狗亞科 Ictitheriinae
屬：	†原鼬鬣狗屬 Protictitherium; Kretzoi（英語：Miklós Kretzoi）, 1938
模式種
	Protictitherium crassum; (Depéret（英語：Charles Depéret）, 1892)
其他物種
	P. gaillardi (Forsyth Major, 1903); P. llopisi (Crusafont Pairó & Petter, 1969); P. cingulatum Schmidt-Kittler, 1976; 中間原鼬鬣狗 P. intermedium Schmidt-Kittler, 1976; P. punicum (Kurtén, 1976); P. aegaeum Kaya et al., 2005; P. thessalonikensis Koufos, 2012; ?P. csakvarense Kretzoi, 1951; ?P. sumegense Kretzoi, 1984;

原鼬鬣狗屬（屬名：Protictitherium）是鬣狗科最早期的基幹成員��一，具有近似麝貓的齒列^[3]，外觀亦與其相仿^[4]，體型則與狐相當^[5]，生存於中新世中期的亞洲與非洲，以及中新世中期至末期的歐洲^[6]。原鼬鬣狗之名是相對鼬鬣狗屬而取，但原鼬鬣狗的身形更為纖小^[1]，同時具有相對更大的眼眶。此外，原鼬鬣狗的四肢構造適合以半蹠行（semi-plantigrade）的方式行走，而不對稱的第二趾骨與可伸縮的爪，可能代表其有攀爬的習性^[7]。

參考文獻

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Werdelin, L.; Peigné, S. "Carnivora". Werdelin, L.; Sanders, W. J. (編). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. 2010: 609-664. ISBN 978-0-520-25721-4.
^ Morales, J.; Mayda, S.; Valenciano, A.; DeMiguel, D.; Kaya, T. A new lophocyonid, Izmirictis cani gen. et sp. nov. (Carnivora: Mammalia), from the lower Miocene of Turkey (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 2019, 17 (16): 1347–1358 [2022-03-30]. ISSN 1478-0941. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1529000. （原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2020-05-05）.
^ Turner, A.; Antón, M.; Werdelin, L. Taxonomy and evolutionary patterns in the fossil Hyaenidae of Europe. Geobios. 2008, 41 (5): 677–687. ISSN 0016-6995. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2008.01.001.
^ Coca-Ortega, C.; Pérez-Claros, J. A. Characterizing ecomorphological patterns in hyenids: a multivariate approach using postcanine dentition. PeerJ. 2019, 6: e6238. ISSN 2689-7733. PMC 6330948 . PMID 30648005. doi:10.7717/peerj.6238 .
^ Wang, X.; Tseng, Z. J.; Wu, W.-Y.; Ye, J.; Meng, J.; Bi, S. A new species of Tungurictis Colbert, 1939 (Carnivora, Hyaenidae) from the middle Miocene of Junggar Basin, northwestern China and the early divergence of basal hyaenids in East Asia (PDF). Geodiversitas. 2020, 42 (3): 29–45 [2022-03-30]. ISSN 1638-9395. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a3. （原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2022-03-02）.
^ Werdelin, L.; Solounias, N. The Hyaenidae: taxonomy, systematics and evolution. Fossil and Strata. 1991, 30: 1–107 [2022-03-30]. ISBN 82-00-37481-5. ISSN 0300-9491. （原始內容存檔於2022-03-30）.
^ Семенов, Ю. А. Иктитерии и морфологически сходные гиены неогена СССР [Ictitheres and morphologically related hyaenas from the Neogene of the USSR] (PDF). Наукова Думка. 1989: 179 pp. ISBN 5-12-000824-0 （俄語）.

[Werdelin2010-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Werdelin, L.; Peigné, S. "Carnivora". Werdelin, L.; Sanders, W. J. (編). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. 2010: 609-664. ISBN 978-0-520-25721-4.

[2] Morales, J.; Mayda, S.; Valenciano, A.; DeMiguel, D.; Kaya, T. A new lophocyonid, Izmirictis cani gen. et sp. nov. (Carnivora: Mammalia), from the lower Miocene of Turkey (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 2019, 17 (16): 1347–1358 [2022-03-30]. ISSN 1478-0941. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1529000. （原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2020-05-05）.

[3] Turner, A.; Antón, M.; Werdelin, L. Taxonomy and evolutionary patterns in the fossil Hyaenidae of Europe. Geobios. 2008, 41 (5): 677–687. ISSN 0016-6995. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2008.01.001.

[4] Coca-Ortega, C.; Pérez-Claros, J. A. Characterizing ecomorphological patterns in hyenids: a multivariate approach using postcanine dentition. PeerJ. 2019, 6: e6238. ISSN 2689-7733. PMC 6330948 . PMID 30648005. doi:10.7717/peerj.6238 .

[5] Wang, X.; Tseng, Z. J.; Wu, W.-Y.; Ye, J.; Meng, J.; Bi, S. A new species of Tungurictis Colbert, 1939 (Carnivora, Hyaenidae) from the middle Miocene of Junggar Basin, northwestern China and the early divergence of basal hyaenids in East Asia (PDF). Geodiversitas. 2020, 42 (3): 29–45 [2022-03-30]. ISSN 1638-9395. doi:10.5252/geodiversitas2020v42a3. （原始內容存檔 (PDF)於2022-03-02）.

[6] Werdelin, L.; Solounias, N. The Hyaenidae: taxonomy, systematics and evolution. Fossil and Strata. 1991, 30: 1–107 [2022-03-30]. ISBN 82-00-37481-5. ISSN 0300-9491. （原始內容存檔於2022-03-30）.

[7] Семенов, Ю. А. Иктитерии и морфологически сходные гиены неогена СССР [Ictitheres and morphologically related hyaenas from the Neogene of the USSR] (PDF). Наукова Думка. 1989: 179 pp. ISBN 5-12-000824-0 （俄語）.

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