Cryptoprocta
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| Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Eupleridae |
| Subfamily: | Euplerinae |
| Genus: | Cryptoprocta Bennett, 1833 |
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Cryptoprocta is a genus of carnivoran endemic to Madagascar. It contains the living fossa and its two larger, recently extinct relatives, Cryptoprocta spelea and Cryptoprocta bevatabe.[1][2][3] The fossa is the largest of Madagascar's mammalian carnivores; the extant fossa is a generalist carnivore, capable of hunting even the largest living lemurs. The two extinct species are thought to have hunted the extinct lemurs that once inhabited the island, both of which were larger than the extant species.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Bennett, E.T. (1833). "Notice of a new genus of Viverridous Mammalia from Madagascar". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1833: 46. 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" (PDF). Zoosystema. 26 (1): 129–143. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- 1 2 Lewis, M. E.; Klukkert, Z. S.; Scroxton, N.; Burns, S. J.; Crowley, B. E.; McGee, D.; Muldoon, K. M.; Borths, M.; Meador, L. R.; Lehman, P.; Widmann, P.; Rahantaharivao, N. J.; Ranivoharimanana, L.; Godfrey, L. R. (2026). "New large species of Cryptoprocta (Carnivora, Eupleridae) and new specimens of C. spelea from the Holocene of Tsimanampesotse National Park, southwest Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2698802. doi:10.1080/02724634.2026.2698802.
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