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Fossa

genus of mammals
Taxon taxon Q19817088
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Fossa

Summary

Fossa is a taxon[1].

Key Facts

  • Fossa's instance of is recorded as taxon[2].
  • Fossa is classified at the rank of genus[3].
  • Fossa belongs to the parent taxon Euplerinae[4].
  • Fossa's scientific name is Fossa[5].
  • The taxonomic type of Fossa is Fossa daubentonii[6].

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Classification

Fossa's scientific name is Fossa[5]. Fossa is classified at the rank of genus[3]. Fossa is classified within Euplerinae[4]. The taxonomic type of Fossa is Fossa daubentonii[6].

Identifiers

Fossa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41575[7]. Fossa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 143319[8]. Fossa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 44708[9]. Fossa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433528[10]. Fossa's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621821[11].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Mammal Species of the World (Third edition). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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