Fossa fossana

(P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Spotted Fanaloka

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Müller, P.L.S. 1776. Des Ritters Carl von Linne' vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs. Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, Nuremberg, 384 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217667

Original name as described

Viverra fossana

Other common names

Malagasy Civet · Tombokatosody · Tomkasodina · Tambosadina · Kavahy · Fanaloka

Type material

RMNH.MAM.34458

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34458

Type locality

Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006031

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.

Fossa majori

Dollman, 1909

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

majori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.9.1.115

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4a895696-b38c-4a10-b896-26b069629464

Authority page

306

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097685

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Viverra fossana

(P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fossana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.34458

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.34458

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217667

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

Daudin (1802:162, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Civetta fossana

(Rafinesque, 1817)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fossana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

362

Authority publication

American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review

Name usages

Rafinesque (1817:362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)

Genetta fossa

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fossa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207642

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Smith (1842:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  3. Lesson (1842:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Fossa fossana

Coetzee, 1971

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fossana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

33

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  3. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8668) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8668) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006031) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8668/45197868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Fossa fossa

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fossa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Viverra fossa

(von Schreber, 1776)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fossa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064668

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:498, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Desmarest (1817:169, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18035918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60375)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Fossa daubentonii

J. E. Gray, 1865

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

daubentonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

518

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500851

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Viverra fosa var. Alluaudi

(G. Grandidier, 1902)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

alluaudi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

591

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42896876

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Viverra fosa

(G. Grandidier, 1902)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

591

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42896876

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

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