Note:
Malagasy carnivores has a long and torturous taxonomic history. They have long been associated with either herpestids (mongooses) or with viverrids (civet cats). Only recently they have been recognized as a monophyletic group (family Eupleridae), separate of other Aeloroid carnivores.
After Yoder, Burns, Zehr, Delefosse, Veron, Goodman & Flynn, 2003, with fossil genera from McKenna & Bell, 1997, and Recent species from Nowak, 1991 and Wikipedia
<==o Eupleridae Chenu, 1850 (malagasy carnivores; madagaskarin pedot) |?-o Eupleres goudotii (Falanouc; falanukki) [Euplerinae] | |-- E. g. goudotii | `-- E. g. major |--+-- Fossa fossa [F. fossana] (Malagasy civet; fanaloka) [Fossinae] | `--o Cryptoprocta [Cryptoprocinae (Flower, 1869) Trouessart, 1885, pro Cryptoproctidae Flower, 1869] | |-- †C. spelaea (giant fossa; jättifossa) | `-- C. ferox (fossa; fossa) `--o Galidiinae Gill, 1872 (Malagasy mongooses; madagaskarin mangustit) |-- Galidia elegans (Ring-tailed mongoose; puumangusti) `--+--o Galidictis [Galerella] | |-- G. fasciata (Broad-striped mongoose; juovamangusti) | `-- G. grandidieri [Galerella] (Grandidier's mongoose) `--+-- Mungotictis decemlineata (Ring-tailed mongoose; kapeajuovamangusti) `--o Salanoia |-- S. concolor (Brown-tailed mongoose; ruskomangusti) `-- S. durrelli (Alaotra mongoose; alaotranmangusti)
Reference(s):
- Anonymous, 2010: Eupleridae (Updated: 2010-10-12)
–iNet: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/eupleridae; [visited: 2010-10-14] - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629 - Yoder, A. D., Burns, M. M., Zehr, S., Delefosse, T., Veron, G., Goodman, S. M. & Flynn, J. J., 2003: Single origin of Malagasy Carnivora from an African ancestor.
–Nature: Vol. 421, pp. 734-737 [doi: 10.1038/nature01303]