Anictis is an extinct species of carnivorous cat-like mammal belonging to the infraorder Aeluroidea, endemic to Europe (Quercy, France) living from the Oligocene 33.9âÂÂ28.4 Ma, existing for approximately .
Anictis is shown to have an omnivorous diet or more precisely, hypercarnivorous to mesocarnivorous.
Anictis was named by Kretzoi (1945). It was assigned to Aeluroidea by Hunt (1998); and to Viverridae by Flynn (1998). There is one known species, Anictis simplicidens.