Herpestes lemanensis
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Herpestidae |
Genus: | Herpestes |
Species: | †H. lemanensis
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†Herpestes lemanensis Pomel, 1853
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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[]
- ^ Pomel, A. (1853). "Herpestes lemanensis". Catalogue méthodique et descriptif des vertébrés fossiles découverts dans le bassin hydrographique de la Loire. Paris: Baillière. p. 65.
- ^ Lydekker, R. (1887). "Herpestes lemanensis, Pomel". Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History). Vol. Volume 5, Supplement. p. 317.
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Categories:
- Mongooses
- Miocene carnivorans
- Miocene mammals of Europe
- Carnivora stubs