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

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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. 5, Supplement. p. 317.

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[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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