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Fossa fossana (Malagasy civet)
Taxonomy
Viverra fossana was named by Muller (1776). It is extant.
It was recombined as Fossa fossana by Mivart (1882) and Goodman and Pidgeon (1999).
It was recombined as Fossa fossana by Mivart (1882) and Goodman and Pidgeon (1999).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1776 | Viverra fossana Muller |
| 1882 | Fossa fossana Mivart p. 150 |
| 1999 | Fossa fossana Goodman and Pidgeon p. 266 |
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Fossa fossana Muller 1776 [Malagasy civet]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Lillegraven 1979, Gebo and Rose 1993, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988 | |||||