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Eupleridae
Taxonomy
Eupleridae was named by Chenu (1850). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Yoder et al. (2003).
It was reranked as the family Euplerinae by Mivart (1882).
It was assigned to Viverridae by Mivart (1882); to Aeluroidea by Yoder et al. (2003); to Carnivora by Burney et al. (2008); and to Viverroidea by Hassanin et al. (2021).
It was reranked as the family Euplerinae by Mivart (1882).
It was assigned to Viverridae by Mivart (1882); to Aeluroidea by Yoder et al. (2003); to Carnivora by Burney et al. (2008); and to Viverroidea by Hassanin et al. (2021).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1850 | Eupleridae Chenu |
| 1882 | Euplerinae Mivart p. 143 |
| 2003 | Eupleridae Yoder et al. |
| 2008 | Eupleridae Burney et al. p. 19 |
| 2021 | Eupleridae Hassanin et al. |
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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.
Fm. Eupleridae Chenu 1850
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Subfm. Galidiinae Gray 1864
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G. Galidia Geoffroy 1837
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Galidia elegans Geoffroy 1837 [ring-tailed mongoose]
Galidia elegans elegans Geoffroy 1837
G. Galidictis Geoffroy 1839
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Galidictis eximius Pocock 1915
Galidictis fasciata Gmelin 1788 [broad-striped Malagasy mongoose]
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Invalid names: Galidictis fasciata fasciata Gmelin 1788 [invalid subgroup], Mustela striata Geoffroy 1803 [synonym]
Galidictis grandidiensis Wozencraft 1986
G. Mungotictis Pocock 1915
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Mungotictis decemlineata Grandidier 1867 [narrow-striped mongoose]
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Invalid names: Galidictis vittata Gray 1848 [synonym], Mungotictis lineatus Pocock 1915 [synonym], Mungotictis substriatus Pocock 1915 [synonym]
G. Salanoia Gray 1865
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Salanoia concolor Geoffroy 1837 [brown-tailed mongoose]
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Invalid names: Galidia olivacea Geoffroy 1839 [synonym], Salanoia durrelli Durbin et al. 2010 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Holocene | Madagascar (Toliara) | Fossa fossana, Cryptoprocta ferox (92732) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar (Beanka) | Cryptoprocta spelea, Galidia elegans, Cryptoprocta ferox (205190 205193) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar | Cryptoprocta spelea (181845) |