Category:Fossa fossana

**Malagasy civet**
	euplerid endemic to Madagascar
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Instance of	taxon;
IUCN conservation status	Vulnerable;
Endemic to	Madagascar;
Common name
	English: Striped civet, Fanaloka, Malagasy Civet, Spotted Fanaloka, Spotted Malagasy Civet, Spotted Fanalouc; مصرى: الزباد الملجاشى; Kotava: Ratsikisol; تۆرکجه: فوسا فوسانا; български: Фаналока; brezhoneg: Fanaloka; català: Civeta de Madagascar; čeština: Fanaloka; Deutsch: Fanaloka, Gefleckte Madagassische Schleichkatze; Ελληνικά: Μαλαγασική μοσχογαλή; Canadian English: Malagasy civet; British English: Malagasy civet; español: Cibeta de Madagascar; فارسی: زباد مالاگاسی; suomi: Fanaloka; français: Civette Fossane, Civette Malgache, Fossane; Gaeilge: Sibhéid Mhalagásach; עברית: זבד מלגשי; hrvatski: Madagaskarska cibetka; magyar: Fanaloka; 日本語: マダガスカルジャコウネコ; 한국어: 마다가스카르사향고양이; Malagasy: Fanaloka; Nederlands: Fanaloka; polski: Fanaloka madagaskarska; پنجابی: فانالوکا; русский: Фаналука; srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Madagaskarska cibetka; Simple English: Malagasy striped civet; српски / srpski: Фаналока; svenska: Fanaloka; Tiếng Việt: Cầy hương Madagascar; 中文: 馬島靈貓; 中文（中国大陆）: 马岛灵猫; 中文（臺灣）: 馬島靈貓;
Taxonomy
Class	Mammalia
Subclass	Theriiformes
Superlegion	Trechnotheria
Infralegion	Boreosphenida
Subclass	Theria
Infraclass	Placentalia
Magnorder	Boreoeutheria
Superorder	Laurasiatheria
Grandorder	Ferungulata
Mirorder	Ferae
Clade	Pan-Carnivora
Clade	Carnivoramorpha
Clade	Carnivoraformes
Order	Carnivora
Suborder	Feliformia
Superfamily	Herpestoidea
Family	Eupleridae
Subfamily	Euplerinae
Genus	Fossa
Species	Fossa fossana
Taxon author	Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, 1776
Authority file
	Q525088; IUCN taxon ID: 8668; NCBI taxonomy ID: 143320; ITIS TSN: 621975; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 347437; Fossilworks taxon ID: 232012; GBIF taxon ID: 2433529; MSW ID: 14000452; CITES Species+ ID: 8387; ARKive ID (archived): fossa-fossana, striped-civet/fossa-fossana; iNaturalist taxon ID: 41576; ADW taxon ID: Fossa; IRMNG ID: 10230095
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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Mammalia • Subclassis: Theria • Infraclassis: Eutheria • Ordo: Carnivora • Subordo: Feliformia • Familia: Eupleridae • Subfamilia: Euplerinae • Genus: Fossa (genus) • Species: Fossa fossana (Müller, 1776)

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Malagasy civet']

English: Striped civet, Fanaloka, Malagasy Civet, Spotted Fanaloka, Spotted Malagasy Civet, Spotted Fanalouc
مصرى: الزباد الملجاشى
Kotava: Ratsikisol
تۆرکجه: فوسا فوسانا
български: Фаналока
brezhoneg: Fanaloka
català: Civeta de Madagascar
čeština: Fanaloka
Deutsch: Fanaloka, Gefleckte Madagassische Schleichkatze
Ελληνικά: Μαλαγασική μοσχογαλή
Canadian English: Malagasy civet
British English: Malagasy civet
español: Cibeta de Madagascar
فارسی: زباد مالاگاسی
suomi: Fanaloka
français: Civette Fossane, Civette Malgache, Fossane
Gaeilge: Sibhéid Mhalagásach
עברית: זבד מלגשי
hrvatski: Madagaskarska cibetka
magyar: Fanaloka
日本語: マダガスカルジャコウネコ
한국어: 마다가스카르사향고양이
Malagasy: Fanaloka
Nederlands: Fanaloka
polski: Fanaloka madagaskarska
پنجابی: فانالوکا
русский: Фаналука
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Madagaskarska cibetka
Simple English: Malagasy striped civet
српски / srpski: Фаналока
svenska: Fanaloka
Tiếng Việt: Cầy hương Madagascar
中文: 馬島靈貓
中文（中国大陆）: 马岛灵猫
中文（臺灣）: 馬島靈貓

Note: For ITIS & Mammal Species of the World (2005) & TPDB, this is currently the only extant (living) species in the genus Fossa (genus) (Retrieved on 5 July 2012).