Enhydriodon: Difference between revisions

'''''Enhydriodon''''' was a genus of [[otter]]s that lived in what is now [[Ethiopia]] during the [[Pliocene]] epoch. The otter is thought to be a relative of modern -day otters. ''Enhydriodon'' was described as a considerably large otter, though only its skull has been found. Estimates put it at about {{convert|200|kg|lbs}}, making it the largest mustelid described so far.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.550356 | volume=31 | title=Enhydriodon dikikae, sp. nov. (Carnivora: Mammalia), a gigantic otter from the Pliocene of Dikika, Lower Awash, Ethiopia | journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | pages=447–453}}</ref>