Mammalia - Carnivora - Herpestidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 236770

Alternative combinations: Crossarchus gambianus, Herpestes gambianus

Belongs to Mungos according to R. W. Hayman 1935

Sister taxon: Mungos mungo

Type specimen: Gambia, a skull

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Average measurements (in mm): skull 69.7 x 37.5