Mungos fossil map
Where fossils of Mungos have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 5.333 million years ago to the present (Zanclean to Holocene) |
| Periods | Neogene, Quaternary |
| Family | Herpestidae |
| Named by | Geoffroy Saint Hilaire and Cuvier 1795 |
| Fossil records | 18 occurrences at 8 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Sudan |
| Rock formations | txn:199984, Vogel River Series, Nachukui, Olorgesailie |
About Mungos
Mungos is a mongoose genus that was proposed by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Frédéric Cuvier in 1795.
The genus contains the following species:
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mungos (revision 1237781660), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q135914.
