#vishuictis

[makairodonx]

Skeletal restoration of Vishnuictis, a giant Plio-Pleistocene viverrid that lived in what is now the Sivaliks Hills of India. Since there have been no restorations of this creature like this made before, I decided to base its skeletal anatomy off of Civettictis civetta and Viverra zibetha. With a head-body length of about 1.5-2.4 meters long with a 1-meter-long tail, and weighing about 290-300 kg, Vishuictis was much larger and more predatory than other viverrids, and it was the main predator of the Pliocene Pinjor Formation, preying on elephant calves, pigs, deer, and possibly calves of the giant giraffe Sivatherium.