Siamogale

{{Short description|Extinct genus of carnivores}}

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| taxon = Siamogale

| authority = Ginsburg, Ingavat & Tassy, 1983

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = *†S. melilutra (Wang et al. 2017)

| fossil_range = Late Miocene-Early Pliocene, {{fossilrange|11|5.333}}

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Siamogale is an extinct genus of giant otter from the late Miocene-early Pliocene of eastern Asia. Three species are currently known, S. thailandica and S. bounosa from Thailand and S. melilutra from China.{{cite journal |title=A new otter of giant size, Siamogale melilutra sp. nov. (Lutrinae: Mustelidae: Carnivora), from the latest Miocene Shuitangba site in north-eastern Yunnan, south-western China, and a total-evidence phylogeny of lutrines |author=Xiaoming Wang |display-authors=etal |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=16 |pages=39–65 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2016.1267666 |year=2018 |bibcode=2018JSPal..16...39W |url=http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/11b1d0h9 |url-access=subscription }}

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