Eupleridae

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Cryptoprocta ferox
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Eupleridae
Subfamilies
Euplerinae Galidiinae

The family Eupleridae is a group of Malagasy carnivores. Probably the best known is the fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox), in the sub-family Euplerinae. All the species in the subfamily Euplerinae were formerly classified as vivverids, while all the species in the subfamily Galidiinae were classified as herpestids, or mongooses.

[edit] Species

• Subfamily Euplerinae
  • Fossa, Cryptoprocta ferox
  • Falanouc, Eupleres goudotii
  • Malagasy civet, Fossa fossana
• Subfamily Galidiinae
  • Ring-tailed mongoose, Galidia elegans
  • Broad-striped mongoose, Galidictis fasciata
  • Giant-striped mongoose, Galidictis grandideri
  • Narrow-striped mongoose, Mungotictis decemlineata
  • Brown-tailed mongoose, Salanoia concolor