Siamogale

Siamogale
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene,
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Subfamily: Lutrinae
Genus: †Siamogale
Ginsburg, Ingavat & Tassy, 1983
Species
  • †S. melilutra (Wang et al. 2017)
  • †S. thailandica (Ginsburg, Ingavat & Tassy, 1983)
  • †S. bounosa (Grohé et al. 2020)

Siamogale is an extinct genus of giant otter from the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene of eastern Asia. Three species are currently known, S. thailandica and S. bounosa from Thailand and S. melilutra from China.

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