Mellivora benfieldi

Mellivora benfieldi
Temporal range: Late Miocene - Early Pliocene
5.3–3.6 Ma
Mellivora benfieldi mandible
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Mellivora
Species:
M. benfieldi
Binomial name
Mellivora benfieldi
Hendey, 1978[1]

Mellivora benfieldi or Benfield's honey badger is an extinct species of mustelid from the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene of Africa and possibly Europe.

  1. ^ Avery, D. Margaret (2019). A Fossil History of Southern African Land Mammals. Cambridge University Press. p. 60. ISBN 9781108480888.