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Malagasy Civet

Fossa Gray 1865

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Fossa Gray 1865
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Fossa
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Fossa
Recognized by AnAge articles, Kissling et al, 2014, and Furui 2020
Fossa Gray 1864
Genus recognized by GBIF classification
Fossa Gray 1865
Genus recognized by Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Alternative Names

Viverra fossana (Muller 1776)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Fossa Gray, 1864)
Fossa
Harvest ancestor according to EOL authors, Wildfinder (WWF), Pantheria, iNaturalist, Kappeler et al 2013, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, and Flickr Group

Common Names

English

Malagasy civet preferred
Recognized by Paleobiology Database
Malagasies preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Finnish

fanalokat preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

German

Fanalokas preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Italian

Fanaloka preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Japanese

ファナロカ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Korean

마다가스카르사향고양이속 preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
줄무늬사향고양이속
prefer
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Polish

Fanaloka preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Zh Cn

马岛缟狸属 preferred
Recognized by iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names
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Curated hierarchies for Fossa Gray 1865

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Carnivora
Feliformia
Eupleridae
Euplerinae Chenu 1850
Fossa Gray 1865 (this page)
Fossa fossana (Müller 1776)
Cryptoprocta Bennett 1833
Eupleres Doyère 1835

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Feliformia Kretzoi 1945
Eupleridae Chenu 1850
Euplerinae Chenu 1850
Fossa Gray 1865 (this page)
Fossa fossana (Müller 1776)
Cryptoprocta Bennett 1833
Eupleres Doyère 1835

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Fossa Gray 1865 (this page)
Fossa fossana (Müller 1776)
Cryptoprocta Bennett 1833
Eupleres Doyère 1835

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Fossa Gray 1865 (this page)
Fossa fossana (Müller 1776)
Cryptoprocta Bennett 1833
Eupleres Doyère 1835

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Eupleridae
Fossa Gray 1864 (this page)
Fossa fossana (Müller 1776)
Fossa majori Dollman 1909
Cryptoprocta Bennett 1833
Eupleres Doyère 1835
Galidia Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1837
Galidictis I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1839
Mungotictis Pocock 1915
Salanoia Gray 1864

iNaturalist Taxonomy with vernacular names

Life
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Laurasiatheria
Carnivora
Eupleridae
Euplerinae
Fossa (this page)
Fossa fossana
Cryptoprocta
Eupleres

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Carnivora Bowdich 1821
Feliformia Kretzoi 1945
Eupleridae Chenu 1850
Euplerinae Chenu 1850
Fossa Gray 1865 (this page)
Fossa fossana (Müller 1776)
Cryptoprocta Bennett 1833
Eupleres Doyère 1835

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Carnivora
Feliformia
Eupleridae
Euplerinae
Fossa (this page)
Fossa fossana
Cryptoprocta
Eupleres

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Exafroplacentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Fereuungulata
Ferae
Carnivora
Feliformia
Herpestoidea
Eupleridae
Euplerinae
Fossa (this page)
Fossa fossana
Fossa majori
Cryptoprocta
Eupleres
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