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Taxonomy
Herpestides was named by de Beaumont (1967). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Aeluroidea by Hunt (1989); to Felidae by Morlo (1996); and to Viverridae by Carroll (1988), Morlo et al. (2007) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010).
It was assigned to Aeluroidea by Hunt (1989); to Felidae by Morlo (1996); and to Viverridae by Carroll (1988), Morlo et al. (2007) and Werdelin and Peigne (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1967 | Herpestides de Beaumont |
| 1988 | Herpestides Carroll |
| 1989 | Herpestides Hunt, Jr. p. 25 |
| 1996 | Herpestides Morlo p. 208 |
| 2007 | Herpestides Morlo et al. p. 151 |
| 2010 | Herpestides Werdelin and Peigne p. 628 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Herpestides de Beaumont 1967
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†Herpestides aegypticus Morlo et al. 2007
†Herpestides aequatorialis Schmidt-Kittler 1987
†Herpestides antiquus de Blainville 1842
†Herpestides compactus Morlo 1996
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available