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<p>An isolated lower molar of a honey badger is described from the Middle Pleistocene deposits of Tham Hai Cave in Northeast Vietnam (Lang Son Province). Based on tooth dimensions, the species is much smaller than the large-sized Neogene Eomellivorini but larger than the medium-sized Recent <i>Mellivora capensis</i>. The specimen differs from all known extinct and the single extant species of <i>Mellivora</i> in having the more reduced lower carnassial talonid with a blunt hypoconid and is attributed to <i>Mellivora</i> sp. This is the first record of Mellivorinae in Southeast Asia and evidence for the occurrence of honey badgers in the <i>Stegodon–Ailuropoda</i> fauna.</p>

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Unexpected discovery of a fossil honey badger (Mustelidae, Carnivora) in Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Middle Pleistocene)

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    2025年12月1日

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  • Alexey V. Lopatin,
  • Dmitry O. Gimranov,
  • Evgeny N. Maschenko,
  • Le Xuan Dac

摘要

An isolated lower molar of a honey badger is described from the Middle Pleistocene deposits of Tham Hai Cave in Northeast Vietnam (Lang Son Province). Based on tooth dimensions, the species is much smaller than the large-sized Neogene Eomellivorini but larger than the medium-sized Recent Mellivora capensis. The specimen differs from all known extinct and the single extant species of Mellivora in having the more reduced lower carnassial talonid with a blunt hypoconid and is attributed to Mellivora sp. This is the first record of Mellivorinae in Southeast Asia and evidence for the occurrence of honey badgers in the Stegodon–Ailuropoda fauna.