Re:A fossa-like vivverid is pretty exciting... (Score 1)

The relationships among the Malagasy carnivores is well supported as a single lineage by a large molecular dataset in a recent study. See Poux et al. 2005 "Asynchronous Colonization of Madagascar by the Four Endemic Clades of Primates, Tenrecs, Carnivores, and Rodents as Inferred from Nuclear Genes" Systematic Biology 54(5): pp 719-730. Laurence Frabotta, PhD