Cryptoprocta ferox
E. T. Bennett in Telfair, 1833
Fossa
Location:USA, OH, Cuyahoga co., Cleveland Metroparks ZooDate taken:27 September 2007Description:Also as Fosa.
Distribution :
Endemic to Madagascar.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2265
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Carnivora |
| Suborder | : Feliformia |
| Infraorder | : Aeluroidea |
| Superfamily | : Viverroidea |
| Family | : Eupleridae |
| Subfamily | : Euplerinae |
| Genus | : Cryptoprocta |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Telfair, C. 1833-05-24. An extract was read from a letter, addressed to the Secretary by Charles Telfair, Esq., Corr. Memb. Z.S. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1833:46.
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Original name as described
Cryptoprocta ferox
Other common names
Fosa
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.222, BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.26.230
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
Madagascar.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Madagascar
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 2 names and synonyms.
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