Biology:Cryptoprocta
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Short description: Genus of mammals
Cryptoprocta Temporal range: Holocene - Recent
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Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Eupleridae |
Subfamily: | Euplerinae |
Genus: | Cryptoprocta Bennett, 1833 |
Species | |
Cryptoprocta ferox |
Cryptoprocta is a genus of carnivoran endemic to Madagascar . It contains the living fossa and its larger, recently extinct relative, the giant fossa.[1][2] The fossas are the largest of Madagascar's mammalian carnivores.
References
- ↑ Bennett, E.T. (1833). "Notice of a new genus of Viverridous Mammalia from Madagascar". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1833: 46. https://archive.org/stream/lietuvostsrmoksl33liet#page/n58/mode/1up. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ↑ Goodman, Steven M.; Rasoloarison, Rodin M.; Ganzhorn, Jörg U. (2004). "On the specific identification of subfossil Cryptoprocta (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Madagascar". Zoosystema 26 (1): 129–143. http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/z2004n1a9.pdf. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q141424 entry
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