Fossa fossana (Müller, 1776)

W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 279-348 : 341

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scientific name	Fossa fossana (Müller, 1776)
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Fossa fossana (Müller, 1776) . Linné's Vollstand, Natursyst., Suppl., p. 32.

TYPE LOCALITY: " Madagascar " .

DISTRIBUTION: Endemic to Madagascar.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Vulnerable.

SYNONYMS: d'aubentonii Gray, 1865; fossa Schreber, 1777 ; majori Dollman, 1909.

COMMENTS: The commonly used Viverra fossa Schreber, 1777 , is a junior synonym (G. Petter, 1962, 1974).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Carnivora
Family	Viverridae
Genus	Fossa

Fossa fossana (Müller, 1776)

W. Christopher Wozencraft 1993

1993

Fossa fossana (Müller, 1776)

Muller 1776: 32

1776

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