Fossa Gray 1864 (Malagasy civet)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 158502
Parent taxon: Viverrinae according to St. G. Mivart 1882
Sister taxa: Civettictis, Orangictis, Semigenetta, Viverra, Viverricula
Subtaxa: Fossa fossana
Ecology: scansorial insectivore