Herpestes lemanensis

Herpestes lemanensis Temporal range: Early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Herpestes lemanensis skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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.