Definition of Genus Cryptoprocta

1. Noun. Large primitive cat-like carnivores inhabiting forests of Madagascar.

Exact synonyms: Cryptoprocta
Group relationships: Family Viverridae, Family Viverrinae, Viverridae, Viverrinae
Generic synonyms: Civet, Civet Cat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cryptoprocta

genus Crocodylus
genus Crocus
genus Crocuta
genus Cronartium
genus Crotalaria
genus Crotalus
genus Crotaphytus
genus Croton
genus Crotophaga
genus Cryptacanthodes
genus Cryptobranchus
genus Cryptocercus
genus Cryptocoryne
genus Cryptogramma
genus Cryptomeria
genus Cryptoprocta (current term)
genus Cryptotermes
genus Cryptotis
genus Ctenocephalides
genus Ctenocephalus
genus Cuculus
genus Cucumis
genus Cucurbita
genus Culcita
genus Culex
genus Cuminum
genus Cuniculus
genus Cuon
genus Cupressus
genus Curcuma

Literary usage of Genus Cryptoprocta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"The curious Madagascar genus Cryptoprocta, the fossa, forms a connecting link between this family and the cats. About thirty species are known fossil, ..."

2. Introduction to Mammalia by Charles Hamilton Smith (1858)
"Here we place, provisionally, the Genus CRYPTOPROCTA, Bennet—Dentition not as yet fully known, but plantigrade feet; toes webbed to near their tips; ..."

3. Bibliographia Zoologiæ Et Geologiæ: A General Catalogue of All Books, Tracts by Louis Agassiz (1848)
"On the genus Cryptoprocta.—Proc. Zool. Soc. II. p. 13. 55. On Mammalia from Travancore.—Proc. Zool. Soc. III. p. 66. 56. On Mammalia from Trebizond.—Proc. ..."

4. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"The genus Cryptoprocta, which is unknown in i fossil state, approximates in the character of its dentition andi semi-retractile claws to the ..."

5. A Manual of Palæontology, for the Use of Students: For the Use of Students by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"The genus Cryptoprocta, which is unknown in a fossil state, approximates in the character of its dentition and its semi-retractile claws to the ..."

6. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson (1898)
"The fur is composed of two kinds of hair, the external harsh, of -a uniform brown, a little .brighter on the head ; cheeks pale. The genus cryptoprocta ..."

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