Euplerinae 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 the subfamily, the falanouc and Malagasy civet are more closely related to each other than to the fossa.