Herpestes lemanensis

Herpestes lemanensis
Temporal range:
Herpestes lemanensis skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Herpestidae
Genus: Herpestes
Species:
†H. lemanensis
Binomial name
†Herpestes lemanensis
Pomel, 1853

Herpestes lemanensis is an extinct mongoose species that was excavated in Tertiary depositions in France and described by Auguste Pomel in 1853.[1] Its body size equals a large Indian civet, but its dentition resembles that of the Indian grey mongoose.[2]

References

  1. ^ Pomel, A. (1853). "Herpestes lemanensis". Catalogue méthodique et descriptif des vertébrés fossiles découverts dans le bassin hydrographique de la Loire. Paris: Baillière. p. 65.
  2. ^ Lydekker, R. (1887). "Herpestes lemanensis, Pomel". Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History). Vol. 5, Supplement. p. 317.


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