†Herpestides de Beaumont 1967 (carnivoran)
PaleoDB taxon number: 41006
Parent taxon: Aeluroidea according to R. M. Hunt 1989
Sister taxa: Anictis, Felidae, Haplogale, Herpestidae, Hyaenidae, Nandinia, Palaeoprionodon, Shandgolictis, Stenoplesictinae, Stenoplesictis, Viverridae
Subtaxa: Herpestides aegypticus, Herpestides aequatorialis, Herpestides antiquus, Herpestides compactus
Ecology: scansorial insectivore