Tongxinictis
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Hyaenidae |
| Genus: | †Tongxinictis Werdelin & Solounias, 1991 |
| Type species | |
| †Tongxinictis primordialis Qiu et al., 1988
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Tongxinictis ("Tongxin weasel") is an extinct genus of hyaenids with a single described species, Tongxinictis primordialis. This species lived in China during the Middle Miocene, although an older Early Miocene (Orleanian) age is possible from some localities.
Tongxinictis may represent a basal member of the Percrocutinae, a subfamily of Hyaenidae that contains the genera Percrocuta and Dinocrocuta.