Mellivora sivalensis

{{Short description|Extinct species of mustelid}}

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| fossil_range = Pliocene

| extinct = yes

| genus = Mellivora

| species = sivalensis

| authority= Falconer & Cautley, 1868{{cite web |title=Mellivora sivalensis |url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1203823/ |website=Biolib}}

| synonyms = Ursitaxus sivalensis

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Mellivora sivalensis is an extinct species of mustelid that lived in the Pliocene and is known from the Siwaliks of India and Pakistan.

It is a poorly known species, originally classified as Ursitaxus sivalensis. It was similar to the modern Indian ratel, but was larger and had proportionately larger premolars.{{cite book |title=Records of the Geological Survey of India: Volume 11 |date=1878 |publisher=Government of India Press |page=102}}{{cite book |title=Annals & Magazine of Natural History |date=1884 |publisher=Taylor & Francis, Limited |page=285}}