Palaeogale

Palaeogale Temporal range: 33.9–15.97 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Lateral view of Bunaelurus (=Palaeogale) from Matthew 1902
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	†Palaeogalidae
Genus:	†Palaeogale von Meyer 1846, p. 474
Species[1]
†P. dorothiae Macdonald 1963, p. 219 †P. felina Filhol 1877, p. 39 †P. hyaenoides Dehm 1950 †P. lagophagus Cope 1873 †P. minuta (type) Gervais 1848, Pl. XVIII, p. 10 †P. praehyaenoides Morlo 1996 †P. sanguinarius Loomis 1932 †P. sectoria Gervais 1848, Pl. XVIII, p. 10
Synonyms
Bunaelurus Cope 1873

Palaeogale is an extinct genus of carnivorous mammal known from the Late Eocene, Oligocene, and Early Miocene of North America, Europe, and Eastern Asia. A small carnivore often associated with the mustelids, Palaeogale might have been similar to living genets, civets, and linsangs.