Eupleridae

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Eupleridae is a family of carnivorous mammals endemic to Madagascar, including animals such as the fossa and Malagasy mongooses, that evolved from a common ancestor related to other carnivorans.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Eupleridae canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mammal family
taxonomic family
biogeographicRealm Afrotropical
bodyPlan small to medium-sized carnivores
class Mammalia
commonName Malagasy carnivorans
conservationConcern many species threatened
containsTaxon Cryptoprocta ferox
Eupleres goudotii
Eupleres goudotii
surface form: Eupleres major

Fossa fossana
Galidia elegans
Galidictis fasciata
Galidictis fasciata
surface form: Galidictis grandidieri

Mungotictis decemlineata
Salanoia concolor
Salanoia concolor
surface form: Salanoia durrelli
describedAs family of carnivorous mammals
diet carnivorous
distribution island of Madagascar
ecologicalRole mesopredators
terrestrial predators
endemicTo Madagascar
evolutionaryOrigin common ancestor related to other carnivorans
evolvedFrom ancestral carnivoran lineage
geographicIsolation Madagascar
habitat forests of Madagascar
scrub and woodland of Madagascar
hasFur true
higherClassification Carnivora
Feliformia
includesCommonName Malagasy mongooses
fossa
kingdom Animalia
morphologicalDiversity high
nativeRange Madagascar
order Carnivora
phylum Chordata
recognizedAsMonophyletic true
reproductiveMode viviparous
suborder Feliformia
taxonRank family
threat habitat loss in Madagascar
hunting pressure
vertebrate true
warmBlooded true

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carnivora includesFamily Eupleridae
Feliformia hasMemberClade Eupleridae
Viverridae relatedTo Eupleridae