†Herpestides de Beaumont 1967 (carnivoran)
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Parent taxon: Aeluroidea according to R. M. Hunt 1989
See also Carroll 1988, Morlo 1996, Morlo et al. 2007 and Werdelin and Peigne 2010
Sister taxa: Anictis, Fejfarictis, Haplogale, Palaeoprionodon, Shandgolictis, Stenoplesictinae, Stenoplesictis, Viverroidea
Subtaxa: Herpestides aegypticus Herpestides aequatorialis Herpestides antiquus Herpestides compactus
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Egypt (2 collections), Germany (2), Spain (1)
Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences
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