| Mellivora benfieldi | |
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| Mellivora benfieldi mandible | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Genus: | Mellivora |
| Species: | †M. benfieldi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Mellivora benfieldi Hendey, 1978[1]
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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.
- ^ Avery, D. Margaret (2019). A Fossil History of Southern African Land Mammals. Cambridge University Press. p. 60. ISBN 9781108480888.