- as a
separate species from its
closest relative, the
living fossa (
Cryptoprocta ferox). C. spelea was
larger than its
extant relative, but
otherwise similar...
- The
fossa (
Cryptoprocta ferox; /ˈfɒsə/ FOSS-ə or /ˈfuːsə/ FOO-sə; Malagasy: [ˈfusə̥]) is a slender, long-tailed, cat-like
mammal that is
endemic to Madagascar...
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Edward Turner Bennett described the
Malagasy fossa (
Cryptoprocta ferox) and
subordinated the
Cryptoprocta to the Viverridae. A
molecular and morphological...
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Cryptoprocta is a
genus of
carnivoran endemic to Madagascar. It
contains the
living fossa and its larger,
recently extinct relative, the
giant fossa. The...
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mongooses or
Malagasy carnivorans. The best
known species is the
fossa (
Cryptoprocta ferox), in the
subfamily Euplerinae. All
species of
Euplerinae were formerly...
- ISBN 978-1-4283-1808-3.
Retrieved 22 July 2013. Köhncke, M.; Leonhardt, K. (1986). "
Cryptoprocta ferox" (PDF).
Mammalian Species (254): 1–5. doi:10.2307/3503919. JSTOR 3503919...
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Fossa (
Cryptoprocta ferox)
Malagasy civet (Fossa fossana)
Eupleres (falanoucs)
Eastern falanouc (E. goudotii)
Western falanouc (E. major)...
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Fossa (
Cryptoprocta ferox)
Malagasy civet (Fossa fossana)
Eupleres (falanoucs)
Eastern falanouc (E. goudotii)
Western falanouc (E. major)...
- ISBN 978-0-8014-8493-3.
Retrieved 23 July 2013. Köhncke, M.; Leonhardt, K. (1986). "
Cryptoprocta ferox" (PDF).
Mammalian Species (254): 1–5. doi:10.2307/3503919. JSTOR 3503919...
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Skull of a
fossa (
Cryptoprocta ferox). Note the
large and
conical canine and carn****ial
teeth common in feliforms....
