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CRYPTOPROCTA FEROX [1 record]

Record 1 2016-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A slender lithe mammal that is the largest carnivore of Madagascar and is intermediate in some respects between cats and civets although classed with the latter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Le cryptoprocte, ou fossa, est un animal de grande taille, nocturne, semi-plantigrade, à museau court, qui se nourrit d'oiseaux et de lémuriens. Seul représentant de la tribu des cryploproctinés. Famille des viverridés.

OBS

foussa : nom malgache du cryptoprocte.

Spanish

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