| Euplerinae | |
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| Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Eupleridae |
| Subfamily: | Euplerinae Chenu, 1850 |
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| Euplerinae range | |
Euplerinae, more commonly known asMalagasy civets, is asubfamily ofcarnivorans that includes four species restricted toMadagascar. Together with the subfamilyGalidiinae, which also only occurs on Madagascar, it forms the familyEupleridae. Members of this subfamily, which include thefossa (Cryptoprocta ferox),falanoucs (Eupleres goudotii andEupleres major) andMalagasy civet (Fossa fossana), were placed in families likeFelidae andViverridae before genetic data indicated their consanguinity with other Madagascar carnivorans. Within the subfamily, the falanouc and Malagasy civet are more closely related to each other than to the fossa.[1]
| Genus | Species | Image |
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| Cryptoprocta(Bennett, 1833) |
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| Eupleres(Doyère, 1835) |
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| Fossa(Gray, 1864) | Malagasy civet (F. fossana) | .jpg) |
The phylogenetic relationships of Malagasy civets (Euplerinae) are shown in the following cladogram:[2]
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