猛獾屬

艾克猛獾; 化石時期：晚中新世; 6 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ▼
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：	鼬科 Mustelidae
屬：	†猛獾屬 Ekorus; Werdelin, 2003
種：	†艾克猛獾 E. ekakeran
二名法
	†Ekorus ekakeran; Werdelin, 2003

艾克猛獾（學名：Ekorus ekakeran）為生存於中新世晚期肯亞的大型鼬科物種^[1]。牠們的體型與現存的鼬科十分不同，現存鼬科多半具有較短的四肢且僅能進行短距離的奔跑；而艾克猛獾四肢則較修長，類似於豹，肩高可達60公分（2英尺）^[2]。艾克猛獾在大型貓科興起前為當地的頂級掠食者，以寬頜三趾馬（英語：Eurygnathohippus）與尼亞薩豬（英語：Nyanzachoerus）為食。在東非大裂谷形成之前，肯亞被濃密的森林所覆蓋^[3]，然而隨著裂谷的形成，當地的植披也逐漸由森林被疏林草原所取代，也因此導致較適合於林間生存的艾克猛獾滅絕。

其他大型鼬科物種化石也曾在北美洲^[4]、歐洲^[5]、亞洲^[6]及非洲^[7]。

參考文獻

^ 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]. （原始內容存檔於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]. （原始內容存檔於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]. （原始內容存檔於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]. （原始內容存檔於2022-01-10）.

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