Eupleridae
Eupleridae is a family of carnivorans endemic to Madagascar and comprising 10 known living species in seven genera, commonly known as euplerids or Malagasy carnivorans. The best known species is the fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox), in the subfamily Euplerinae. All species of Euplerinae were formerly classified as viverrids, while all species in the subfamily Galidiinae were classified as mongooses.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderCarnivora
- FamilyEupleridae
Eupléridés Les Eupléridés (Eupleridae) sont une famille de carnivores féliformes endémique de Madagascar. À la suite d'une étude de 2003[1], les espèces de la sous-famille des euplérinés ont été regroupées avec une ancienne sous-famille des herpestidés, les galidinés, au sein de cette famille. Sommaire 1 Taxinomie 2 Voir aussi 2.1 Références externes 3 Notes et références Taxinomie Selon ITIS et MSW : sous-famille Euplerinae genre Cryptoprocta Bennett, 1833 Cryptoprocta ferox - Fossa genre Eupleres Doyere, 1835 Eupleres goudotii - Euplère de Goudot genre Fossa Gray, 1865 Fossa fossana - Civette malgache sous-famille Galidiinae genre Galidia I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1837 Galidia elegans - Galidie à queue annelée genre Galidictis I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1839 Galidictis fasciata - Galidie à bandes Galidictis grandidieri - Galidie de Grandidier genre Mungotictis Pocock, 1915 Mungotictis decemlineata - Galidie à bandes étroites genre Salanoia Gray, 1865 Salanoia concolor - Galidie unicolore Salanoia durrelli - Galidie de Durrell (non reconnue par MSW) Cryptoprocta ferox Eupleres goudotii Fossa fossana Galidia elegans Galidictis grandidieri Mungotictis decemlineata Salanoia durrelli
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Eupleridae is a family of carnivorans endemic to Madagascar and comprising 10 known living species in seven genera, commonly known as euplerids or Malagasy carnivorans. The best known species is the fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox), in the subfamily Euplerinae. All species of Euplerinae were formerly classified as viverrids, while all species in the subfamily Galidiinae were classified as mongooses.
Recent molecular studies indicate that the 10 living species of Madagascar carnivorans evolved from one ancestor that is thought to have rafted over from mainland Africa 18–24 million years ago. This makes Malagasy carnivorans a clade. They are closely allied with the true herpestid mongooses, their closest living relatives. The fossa and the Malagasy civet (Fossa fossana) are each evolutionarily quite distinct from each other and from the rest of the clade.