Ekorus Temporal range: Late Miocene,
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Ekorus ekakeran | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Mustelidae |
Genus: | †Ekorus Werdelin, 2003 |
Species: | †E. ekakeran
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Binomial name | |
†Ekorus ekakeran Werdelin, 2003
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Ekorus ekakeran is a large, extinct mustelid mammal. Fossils, including largely complete skeletons, are known from the late Miocene of Kenya.[1]