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Primates and Other Prey in the Seasonally Variable Diet of Cryptoprocta ferox in the Dry Deciduous Forest of Western Madagascar
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The puma-like Cryptoprocta ferox is the largest living Carnivora on Madagascar (Goodman et al., 2003). Cryptoprocta has been a taxonomic enigma until recently (cf. Veron & Catzeflis, 1993; Veron, 1995), showing numerous convergent morphological characters with members of the Felidae. Some of these attributes, such as semi-retractable claws used in both climbing and hunting, contributed to the long-running uncertainty as to the phylogenetic relationships of this animal. Recent molecular studies indicate that Cryptoprocta is part of a radiation of Carnivora endemic to Madagascar, which unites all of the native species on the island into a single clade (Yoder et al., 2003), now recognized as the endemic family Eupleridae (Wozencraft, in press). On the basis of molecular data this radiation of Carnivora is slightly younger than that of lemurs, but the two groups have co-existed on Madagascar for something on the order of 20 million years (Yoder et al., 2003). Until the Holocene a second member of Cryptoprocta occurred on the island that was notably larger than the living species (Goodman et al., 2004).
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