Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Viverridae Gray, 1821 - civets, genets, linsangs, mongooses, and fossas ?Genus Cryptoprocta Bennett, 1833 - fossa 1 Cryptoprocta ferox Bennett, 1833 - fossa