Fossa fossana

(P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Spotted Fanaloka

Also as Spotted Fanaloka|Tombokatosody|Tomkasodina|Tambosadina|Kavahy|Fanaloka.
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Location:Madagascar, Vatovavy region (formerly part of Fianarantsoa province), Ranomafana National Park, 0.5km from Ambdiamontana, 7 km west of Ranomafana (21o 15'S; 47o 26'E)Date taken:Jul 19, 1989

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 3404

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Aeluroidea
Superfamily : Viverroidea
Family : Eupleridae
Subfamily : Euplerinae
Genus : Fossa

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Müller, P.L.S. 1776. Des Ritters Carl von Linne' vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs. Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, Nuremberg, 384 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217667

Original name as described

Viverra Fossana

Other common names

Malagasy Civet · Tombokatosody · Tomkasodina · Tambosadina · Kavahy · Fanaloka

Type material

RMNH.MAM.34458

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34458

Type locality

Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006031

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 12 names and synonyms.

Viverra Fossana

(P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fossana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.34458

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34458

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217667

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

  1. Müller (1776:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38532)
  2. Daudin (1802:162, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Viverra fossa

(von Schreber, 1776)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fossa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064668

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:498, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Borowski (1780:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347009) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67757)
  3. Zimmermann (1783:164, 171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  4. Zimmermann (1783:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  5. Boddaert (1785:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  6. Gmelin (1788:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751311) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  7. Kerr (1792:168, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  8. Link (1795:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272961) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  9. Wolf (1796:254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  10. Turton (1802:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772911) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  11. Treviranus (1803:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  12. Goldfuss (1809:231, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  13. Illiger (1815:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  14. Desmarest (1817:169, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18035918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60375)
  15. Hemprich (1820:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  16. Desmarest (1821:209, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523973) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  17. Schinz (1821:224, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  18. Griffith (1822:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)
  19. Fischer (1829:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  20. Murray (1866:325, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  21. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Civetta fossa

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fossa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

112

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)

Civetta fossana

(Rafinesque, 1817)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fossana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

362

Authority page URI

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106435274&seq=364

Authority publication

American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review

Name usages

  1. Rafinesque (1817:362, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044106435274&seq=364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)
  2. Muirhead (1819:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

Genetta fossa

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fossa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207642

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Smith (1842:171, https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  3. Lesson (1842:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Fossa daubentonii

J. E. Gray, 1865

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

daubentonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

518

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500851

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1865:518, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36800)
  2. Gray (1869:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8396971) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Viverra fosa var. Alluaudi

(G. Grandidier, 1902)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

alluaudi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

591

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42896876

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Viverra fosa

(G. Grandidier, 1902)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

591

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42896876

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Fossa fossa

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fossa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

249

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423130

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Allen (1939:199, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782000) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Fossa fossa alluaudi

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

alluaudi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

249

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423130

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:249, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

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