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Cryptoprocta

Mammal Genera

Cryptoprocta is a genus of carnivoran mammals, subfamily Euplerinae, family Eupleridae, endemic to Madagascar, comprising three species: the extant fossa, Cryptoprocta ferox, and two recently extinct relatives, Cryptoprocta spelea and Cryptoprocta bevatabe. The fossa is the largest of Madagascar's native mammalian carnivores and a generalist hunter capable of taking even the largest living lemurs, while the two extinct species were presumably adapted to hunting larger extinct lemurs that once populated the island.

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1. Wikipedia: Cryptoprocta
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Cryptoprocta is a genus of carnivoran endemic to Madagascar.
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