Herpestes lemanensis Temporal range:
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Herpestes lemanensis skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Herpestidae |
Genus: | Herpestes |
Species: | †H. lemanensis
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Binomial name | |
†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]