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Definition of Cryptoprocta
1. Noun. Large primitive cat-like carnivores inhabiting forests of Madagascar.
Group relationships: Family Viverridae, Family Viverrinae, Viverridae, Viverrinae
Generic synonyms: Civet, Civet Cat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryptoprocta
Literary usage of Cryptoprocta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Antananarvio Annual and Madagascar Magazine (1893)
""Two specimens of that rare creature, the Tree Lion {Cryptoprocta ... or Cryptoprocta
ferox, is the only genus of the fam'ily Crypto- ..."
2. Sketches in Natural History: History of the Mammalia by Charles Knight (1849)
"Fig. 40 presents a front view of the head : d, the fore-foot covered with fur ;
e, the hind-foot with the fur removed. • THE Cryptoprocta ..."
3. The Cat: An Introduction to the Study of Backboned Animals, Especially Mammals by St. George Jackson Mivart (1900)
"External form of Cryptoprocta 485 204. Skull of Cryptoprocta—after Milne-Edwards ib.
205. Basis cranii of Cryptoprocta—from Professor Flower's paper . ..."
4. The Illustrated Natural History by John George Wood (1865)
"Its generic name of Cryptoprocta is given to it on account of the manner in which
the ... The colour of the Cryptoprocta is a light brown, tinged with red. ..."
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