After McKenna & Bell, 1997, and Werdelin, 2003
<==o Mellivorinae (honey badgers; mesimäyrät) |-- †Dehmictis |-- †Hoplictis |--+-- †Ischyrictis | `-- †Eomellivora wimani (Wolsan & Semenov, 1996) [Sivamellivora; Perunium; Hadrictis] |-- †Mellalictis |-- †Promellivora punjabiensis [Mellivora punjabiensis] |-- †Beckia |-- †Ferinestrix |-- †Eromellivora lothagamensis Werdelin, 2003 `--o Mellivora [Ursitaxus] (mesimäyrät) |-- †M. benfieldi `-- M. capensis (mesimäyrä)
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