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Fossa (Malagasy civet)
Taxonomy
Fossa was named by Gray (1864). It is extant.
It was assigned to Viverrinae by Mivart (1882); to Eupleridae by Yoder et al. (2003); and to Viverridae by Burney et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Viverrinae by Mivart (1882); to Eupleridae by Yoder et al. (2003); and to Viverridae by Burney et al. (2008).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1864 | Fossa Gray |
| 1882 | Fossa Mivart p. 142 |
| 2003 | Fossa Yoder et al. |
| 2008 | Fossa Burney et al. p. 19 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Gebo and Rose 1993, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999 | |||||