Cryptoprocta spelea

G. Grandidier, 1902

Giant Fosa

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

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Grandidier, G. 1902. Observations sur les Lémuriens disparus de Madagascar. Collections Alluaud, Gaubert, Grandidier (suite). Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 8:587-592.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42896877

Original name as described

Cryptoprocta ferox var. spelea

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1977-755

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1977-755

Type locality

cave at Andrahomana, Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006029

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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: 3 names and synonyms.

Cryptoprocta ferox var. spelea

G. Grandidier, 1902

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

spelea

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1977-755

Type kind

neotype

Original type locality

la caverne d'Andrahomana

Type locality

Madagascar: 23°3′S, 43°24′E.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1977-755

Authority page

592

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42896877

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Cryptoprocta antamba

Lamberton, 1939

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

antamba

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Madagascar: 24°59′S, 44°7′E.

Authority page

1-203

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Malgache

Cryptoprocta spelea:

S. M. Goodman, Rasoloarison, & Ganzhorn, 2004

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

spelea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

136

Authority publication

Zoosystema

Name usages

Goodman, Rasoloarison & Ganzhorn (2004:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/347)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006029) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136456/45221489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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