Euplerinae Chenu 1850

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 559

Euplerinae Chenu 1850

Euplerinae Chenu 1850 , Ency. Hist. Nat., Vol. 21: 165.

Synonyms: Cryptoproctina Gray 1865 ; Cryptoproctidae Flower 1869 ; Cryptoproctinae Trouessart 1885 .

Genera: 3 genera with 3 species:

Genus Cryptoprocta Bennett 1833 (1 species)

Genus Eupleres Doyère 1835 (1 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Fossa Gray 1864 (1 species)

Discussion: Bininda-Emonds et al. (1999) and Yoder et al. (2003) considered these taxa a monophyletic group (followed here). Few have questioned that Fossa and Eupleres are more closely related to each other than to Cryptoprocta and Hunt (2001) placed Cryptoprocta in a separate taxon.