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Herpestides

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Herpestides
Temporal range:Early Miocene
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Infraorder: Aeluroidea
Genus: Herpestides
de Beaumont, 1967
Species
  • H. aegypticus
  • H. aequatorialis
  • H. antiquus
  • H. compactus

Herpestidesis an extinctgenusofterrestrialcarnivorethat was endemic toNorth AfricaandSouthern Europeduring theEarly Miocenesubepoch (22.4—20mya) and existed for approximately 2.4 million years.[1]

Taxonomy

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Herpestidesis considered to belong to theAeluroideagroup of cat-like carnivores[2]and, in particular, to theViverridae.[3]

Four species are recognised:

  • H. aegypticus
  • H. aequatorialis
  • H. antiquus
  • H. compactus

References

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  1. ^"PaleoBiology Database:Herpestides,basic info ".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-10-13.Retrieved2009-08-05.
  2. ^R. M. Hunt. 1989. Evolution of the aeluroid Carnivora: significance of the ventral promontorial process of the petrosal, and the origin of basicranial patterns in the living families.American Museum Novitates
  3. ^Morlo, M.; et al. (2007). "Creodonta and Carnivora from Wadi Moghra, Egypt".Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.27(1): 145–159.doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[145:CACFWM]2.0.CO;2.S2CID86235694.