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Definition of Genus 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 Genus Cryptoprocta
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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