Cryptoprocta spelea

G. Grandidier, 1902

Giant Fosa

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Grandidier, G. 1902. Observations sur les Lémuriens disparus de Madagascar. Collections Alluaud, Gaubert, Grandidier (suite). Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 8:587-592.

Original name as described

Cryptoprocta ferox var. spelea

Type material

MNHN CG 1977.755

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

cave at Andrahomana, Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

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