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.
| Cryptoprocta | |
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| Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Eupleridae |
| Subfamily: | Euplerinae |
| Genus: | Cryptoprocta Bennett, 1833 |
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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.