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Cryptoprocta

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Cryptoprocta Temporal range: Holocene - Recent

Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Eupleridae
Subfamily:	Euplerinae
Genus:	Cryptoprocta Bennett, 1833
Species
Cryptoprocta ferox †Cryptoprocta spelea †Cryptoprocta bevatabe

Cryptoprocta is a genus of carnivoran endemic to Madagascar. It contains the living fossa and its two larger, recently extinct relatives, Cryptoprocta spelea and Cryptoprocta bevatabe.^[1]^[2]^[3] The fossas are the largest of Madagascar's mammalian carnivores.

↑ Bennett, E.T. (1833). "Notice of a new genus of Viverridous Mammalia from Madagascar". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1833: 46. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
↑ Goodman, Steven M.; Rasoloarison, Rodin M.; Ganzhorn, Jörg U. (2004). "On the specific identification of subfossil Cryptoprocta (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Madagascar" (PDF). Zoosystema. 26 (1): 129–143. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
↑ Lewis, M. E.; Klukkert, Z. S.; Scroxton, N.; Burns, S. J.; Crowley, B. E.; McGee, D.; Muldoon, K. M.; Borths, M.; Meador, L. R.; Lehman, P.; Widmann, P.; Rahantaharivao, N. J.; Ranivoharimanana, L.; Godfrey, L. R. (2026). "New large species of Cryptoprocta (Carnivora, Eupleridae) and new specimens of C. spelea from the Holocene of Tsimanampesotse National Park, southwest Madagascar". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2698802. doi:10.1080/02724634.2026.2698802.

Genera of civets, mongooses, hyenas, cats, and their extinct allies

Genettinae	Genetta Poiana
Hemigalinae	Chrotogale Cynogale Diplogale Hemigalus Macrogalidia
Paradoxurinae	Arctictis Arctogalidia †Kanuites †Kichechia Paguma Paradoxurus †Siamictis †Tugenictis
Viverrinae	Civettictis †Semigenetta Viverra Viverricula

Euplerinae	Cryptoprocta Eupleres Fossa
Galidiinae	Galidia Galidictis Mungotictis Salanoia

†Kichechia †Legetetia †Leptoplesictis †Ugandictis
Herpestinae	Atilax Bdeogale Cynictis Herpestes Ichneumia Paracynictis Urva Xenogale
Mungotinae	Crossarchus Dologale Helogale Liberiictis Mungos Suricata

†Allohyaena †Belbus †Metahyaena †Pliocrocuta †Tongxinictis †Werdelinus
†Ictitheriinae	Herpestides Hyaenotherium Ictitherium Lycyaena Miohyaenotherium Plioviverrops Protictitherium Thalassictis Tungurictis
Protelinae	†Gansuyaena Proteles
Hyaeninae	†Adcrocuta †Chasmaporthetes Crocuta Hyaena †Hyaenictis †Ikelohyaena †Leecyaena †Lycyaenops †Pachycrocuta †Palinhyaena Parahyaena

†Asilifelis †Diamantofelis †Hyperailurictis †Katifelis †Namafelis †Miopanthera †Pseudaelurus †Sivaelurus †Styriofelis
†Proailurinae	Proailurus Vinayakia
Felinae	Acinonyx Catopuma Caracal Felis Herpailurus Leopardus Leptailurus †Leptofelis Lynx †Magerifelis †Miracinonyx Otocolobus Pardofelis †Pratifelis Prionailurus †Pristifelis Puma †Sivapanthera †Sivapardus †Vishnufelis
†Machairodontinae	See Machairodontinae
Pantherinae	Neofelis Panthera †Leontoceryx †Pachypanthera

Taxon identifiers
Cryptoprocta	Wikidata: Q141424 Wikispecies: Cryptoprocta ADW: Cryptoprocta CoL: 3WRP EoL: 44709 GBIF (old): 2433515 iNaturalist: 41577 IRMNG: 1307264 ITIS: 621819 MSW: 14000445 NCBI: 94187 Open Tree of Life: 768510 Paleobiology Database: 158504