  The 31 brightest galaxies (m_B < 15 mag) inside the virial radius of the
Fornax cluster were observed from the centres to the outskirts with the Multi
Unit Spectroscopic Explorer on the Very Large Telescope. These observations
provide detailed high-resolution maps of the line-of-sight kinematics and line
strengths of the stars and ionised gas reaching 2-3 Re for 21 early-type
galaxies and 1-2 Re for 10 late-type galaxies. The majority of the galaxies are
regular rotators, with eight hosting a kinematically distinct core. Only two
galaxies are slow rotators. The mean age, total metallicity, and [Mg/Fe]
abundance ratio in the bright central region inside 0.5 Re and in the galaxy
outskirts are presented. Extended emission-line gas is detected in 13 galaxies,
most of them are late-type objects with wide-spread star formation. The
measured structural properties are analysed in relation to the galaxies'
position in the projected phase space of the cluster. This shows that the
Fornax cluster appears to consist of three main groups of galaxies inside the
virial radius: the old core; a clump of galaxies, which is aligned with the
local large-scale structure and was accreted soon after the formation of the
core; and a group of galaxies that fell in more recently.
