Cryptoprocta ferox

E. T. Bennett in Telfair, 1833

Fosa

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Viverroidea
Family : Eupleridae
Subfamily : Euplerinae
Genus : Cryptoprocta

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Telfair, C. 1833-05-24. An extract was read from a letter, addressed to the Secretary by Charles Telfair, Esq., Corr. Memb. Z.S. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1833:46.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859486

Original name as described

Cryptoprocta ferox

Other common names

Fossa

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.222, BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.26.230

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4c8f3ca8-edd5-4ad3-9941-66e057fd2afc https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8612a7ca-ecb1-4cc3-9e10-2a6adda3787c

Type locality

Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006028

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cryptoprocta ferox

E. T. Bennett in Telfair, 1833

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

ferox

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.222, BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.26.230

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4c8f3ca8-edd5-4ad3-9941-66e057fd2afc https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8612a7ca-ecb1-4cc3-9e10-2a6adda3787c

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859486

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Lesson (1842:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Coetzee (1971:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  7. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5760/45197189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cryptoprocta typicus

A. Smith, 1834

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

typica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.222, BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.26.230

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4c8f3ca8-edd5-4ad3-9941-66e057fd2afc https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8612a7ca-ecb1-4cc3-9e10-2a6adda3787c

Authority page

246

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968364

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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