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Fossa (Malagasy civet)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Eupleridae

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).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Fossa Gray
1882Fossa Mivart p. 142
2003Fossa Yoder et al.
2008Fossa Burney et al. p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
AeluroideaFlower 1869
infraorderViverroideaGray 1821
familyEupleridaeChenu 1850
genusFossaGray 1864

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.

G. Fossa Gray 1864 [Malagasy civet]
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Fossa fossana Muller 1776 [Malagasy civet]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available