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Cryptoprocta ferox Bennett, 1833

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1833 p.46

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Eupleridae
genus
Cryptoprocta
species
Cryptoprocta ferox

Name

Homonyms
Cryptoprocta ferox Bennett, 1833
Common names
Cryptoprocte féroce in French
Fosa in English
Fosa in language.
Foso in Esperanto
Fossa in English
Fossa in English
Fossa in English
Fossa in English
Fossa in French
Fossa in English
Fossa in English
Fossza in Hungarian
Foussa in French
Fretkat in Dutch
Frettkatze in German
Gato Fossa de Madagascar in Spanish
Kavahy in Malagasy
Kintsala in English
Kintsala in English
Lesser Fossa in English
Tratraka in English
Tratraka in English
Viro in language.
fossa in English
fossa madagaskarska in Polish
Φόσα in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Фоса in Ukrainian
Фосса in Russian
פוסה in Hebrew
فوسا in Arabic
フォッサ in Japanese
馬島長尾狸貓 in Chinese
포사 in Korean
Fosa in language.
Cryptoprocte féroce in French
Fossa in English
Foussa in French
Frettkatze in German
Gato Fossa de Madagascar in Spanish
Viro in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Goodman, S. M. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Eupleridae (Madagascar Carnivores). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 330-351.
  2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 384 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the names of fifty-two genera of the order Carnivora (class Mammalia) including twenty-nine from which have been reported Parasites common to man.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 12(5), 71-190 (1956)
  3. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  5. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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