In biological classification , a subfamily ( Latin : subfamilia , plural subfamiliae ) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank , next below family but more inclusive than genus . Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zoological subfamily names with "-inae".
2-577: Euplerinae , more commonly known as Malagasy civets , is a subfamily of carnivorans that includes four species restricted to Madagascar . Together with the subfamily Galidiinae , which also only occurs on Madagascar, it forms the family Eupleridae . Members of this subfamily, which include the fossa ( Cryptoprocta ferox ), falanoucs ( Eupleres goudotii and Eupleres major ) and Malagasy civet ( Fossa fossana ), were placed in families like Felidae and Viverridae before genetic data indicated their consanguinity with other Madagascar carnivorans. Within
4-437: The subfamily, the falanouc and Malagasy civet are more closely related to each other than to the fossa. The phylogenetic relationships of Malagasy civets (Euplerinae) are shown in the following cladogram: Eupleres major ( Western falanouc ) Eupleres goudotii ( Eastern falanouc ) Cryptoprocta ferox ( Fossa ) † Cryptoprocta spelea ( Giant fossa ) Fossa fossana ( Malagasy civet ) Subfamily Detarioideae
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