Kutchicetus
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| Kutchicetus Fossil range: Middle Eocene |
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 Reconstruction of Kutchicetus
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| Kutchicetus minimus Bajpai and Thewissen, 2000 |
Kutchicetus was an early Eocene 46 Ma cetacean from Pakistan that could walk as well as swim. It is a transitional fossil that shows how whales evolved from land-living mammals. It was a small animal, no larger than a river otter.
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