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    Cryptoprocta spelea, also known as the giant fossa, is an extinct species of carnivore from Madagascar in the family Eupleridae which is most closely...
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    support jumping from tree to tree. A larger relative of the species, Cryptoprocta spelea, probably became extinct before 1400. The species is widespread,...
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    Cryptoprocta is a genus of carnivoran endemic to Madagascar. It contains the living fossa and its larger, recently extinct relative, the giant fossa. The...
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    mongooses or Malagasy carnivorans. The best known species is the fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox), in the subfamily Euplerinae. All species of Euplerinae were formerly...
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  • Family Felidae Bali Tiger Caspian Tiger Java Tiger Family Eupleridae Cryptoprocta spelea Family Mustelidae Sea mink (Neogale macrodon) Family Otariidae Japanese...
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    over 200 kg, more massive than a silverback gorilla. Giant fossa (Cryptoprocta spelea): The fossil record of Madagascar has yielded the remains of a recently...
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    family Eupleridae. Members of this subfamily, which include the fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox), falanoucs (Eupleres goudotii and Eupleres major) and Malagasy...
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  • Eupleridae Subfamily: Euplerinae Genus: Cryptoprocta Fossa, Cryptoprocta ferox VU Giant fossa, Cryptoprocta spelea EX (PH) Genus: Eupleres Eastern falanouc...
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    tropicalis Gray, 1850 Carnivora 1952 1 Caribbean Sea Giant fossa Cryptoprocta spelea Grandidier, 1902 Carnivora before 1658 1 Lord Howe long-eared bat...
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    birds, giant tortoises, several species of Malagasy hippopotamuses, Cryptoprocta spelea (a "giant fossa"), large crocodiles (Voay robustus), and Plesiorycteropus...
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    crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus mahery), as well as the giant fossa (Cryptoprocta spelea), previously also preyed on lemurs, perhaps including the giant subfossil...
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    Société Geographique de la Réunion, 1(5). Meador, L.R., et al. (2019) Cryptoprocta spelea (Carnivora: Eupleridae): what did it eat and how do we know?. Journal...
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    spotted hyena, 160 or 240 kg (350 or 530 lb). The extinct giant fossa (Cryptoprocta spelea) had a body mass in range from 17 kg (37 lb) to 20 kg (44 lb), much...
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  • observation in 1860 (Turvey, 2009). Meador, L.R., et al. (2019) Cryptoprocta spelea (Carnivora: Eupleridae): what did it eat and how do we know?. Journal...
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    contrast, large animals such as subfossil lemurs, the carnivore Cryptoprocta spelea, Malagasy hippopotamuses, Dipsochelys tortoises, and Aepyornis and...
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  • Andrew Zamora; Michael Reed Sutherland; Mitchell T. Irwin (2019). "Cryptoprocta spelea (Carnivora: Eupleridae): What Did It Eat and How Do We Know?". Journal...
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