Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 232856

Alternative combinations: Herpestes albicaudus, Mungos albicaudus

Belongs to Ichneumia according to M. E. Taylor 1972

Sister taxon: Ichneumia nims

Subtaxa: Ichneumia albicauda dialeucos, Ichneumia albicauda grandis, Ichneumia albicauda loandae, Ichneumia albicauda loempo

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur length 99.3, humerus length 88.2, radius length 84.1, scapula length 72.1, skull 105.1 x 52.5, tibia length 112.1, ulna length 103.8

Estimated body mass: 4.04 kg based on femur length, humerus length, tibia length, and ulna length