Biology:Herpestes lemanensis
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Short description: Extinct species of mongoose from Europe
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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. https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k97953010/f67.item.texteImage.
- ↑ Lydekker, R. (1887). "Herpestes lemanensis, Pomel". Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History). Volume 5, Supplement. p. 317. https://archive.org/details/catalogueoffossi05brit/page/317/mode/1up.
Wikidata ☰ Q10960505 entry
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