| Magerictis Temporal range: Middle Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ailuridae |
| Subfamily: | Ailurinae |
| Genus: | †Magerictis Ginsburg, Morales, Soria and Herraez, 1997 |
| Type species | |
| †Magerictis imperialenis Ginsburg, Morales, Soria and Herraez, 1997
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Magerictis is a fossil genus of ailurid with a single species Magerictis imperialenis (sometimes spelled Magerictis imperialis), which was originally known from a single m2 tooth. Several more specimens were later found, but were undescribed as of 2014.[1][2]
- ^ Ginsburg, Léonard; Morales, Jorge; Soria, Dolores; Herraez, Esther (1997). "Découverte d'une forme ancestrale du Petit Panda dans le Miocène moyen de Madrid (Espagne)" [Discovery of an ancestor of the lesser panda in the Middle Miocene of Madrid (Spain)]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science (in French). 325 (6): 447–451. Bibcode:1997CRASE.325..447G. doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(97)81163-9. ISSN 1251-8050.
- ^ Morlo, Michael; Peigné, Stéphane (2010). "Molecular and morphological evidence for Ailuridae and a review of its genera". Carnivoran Evolution. pp. 119–120. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139193436.005. ISBN 9780521515290.