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''Cryptoprocta'' is a genus of
carnivoran Carnivora is a monophyletic order of placental mammals consisting of the most recent common ancestor of all cat-like and dog-like animals, and all descendants of that ancestor. Members of this group are formally referred to as carnivorans, ...
endemic to
Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. It contains the living fossa and its larger, recently extinct relative, the
giant fossa ''Cryptoprocta spelea'', also known as the giant fossa, is an extinct species of carnivore from Madagascar in the family Eupleridae which is most closely related to the mongooses and includes all Malagasy carnivorans. It was first described in 19 ...
. The fossas are the largest of Madagascar's mammalian carnivores.


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q141424 Mammal genera Mammal genera with one living species Euplerids Taxa named by Edward Turner Bennett