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Tango0103 Mar 2020 4:20 p.m. PST

…Ancestor of Modern Wolverines.

"A tiny skull mistakenly attributed to an ancient feline has been re-identified as belonging to an ancestor to modern weasels, wolverines, minks, and otters.

Introducing Corumictis wolsani, the earliest known mustelid in North America, according to research published in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Mustelids are a diverse family of carnivorous animals including weasels, badgers, ferrets, wolverines, and similar creatures. Now extinct, C. wolsani lived around 26 million years ago in what is now Oregon…"

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