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The fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox; / ˈ f ɒ s ə / FOSS-ə or / ˈ f uː s ə / FOO-sə; [3] Malagasy:) is a slender, long-tailed, cat-like mammal that is endemic to Madagascar.It is a member of the carnivoran family Eupleridae.
The Malagasy or striped civet (Fossa fossana), also known as the fanaloka (Malagasy, [fə̥ˈnaluk]) or jabady, [5] is an euplerid endemic to Madagascar. [6] It is the only species in genus Fossa . The Malagasy civet is a small mammal , about 47 centimetres (19 in) long excluding the tail (which is only about 20 centimetres (7.9 in)).
The fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) is a smaller relative of C. spelea that still survives.. Although some morphological differences between the two fossa species have been described, [17] these may be allometric (growth-related), and in their 1986 Mammalian Species account of the fossa, Michael Köhncke and Klaus Leonhardt wrote that the two were morphologically identical. [18]
In planetary nomenclature, a fossa / ˈ f ɒ s ə / (pl. fossae / ˈ f ɒ s iː /) is a long, narrow depression (trough) on the surface of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon.
Fossa (anatomy), a depression in part of the body; Fossa (planetary nomenclature), a depression in a planet; La Fossa, an Italian rap group; Fossa, a fosse (ditch or moat) in ancient Roman contexts; Fossa, a drowning pit used for executions; François de Fossa, musician; Formaggio di fossa, a cheese matured in pits native to Romagna, Italy
In some places, the formation appears as a smooth and gently undulating surface, while in others it is wind-sculpted into ridges and grooves. [1] Radar imaging has suggested that the region may contain either extremely porous rock (for example volcanic ash) or deep layers of glacier-like ice deposits amounting to about the same quantity as is stored in Mars' south polar cap.
The preorbital gland is a paired exocrine gland found in many species of artiodactyls, which is homologous to the lacrimal gland found in humans. These glands are trenchlike slits of dark blue to black, nearly bare skin extending from the medial canthus of each eye.
In anatomy, a fossa (/ ˈ f ɒ s ə /; [1] [2] pl.: fossae (/ ˈ f ɒ s iː / or / ˈ f ɒ s aɪ /); from Latin 'ditch, trench') is a depression or hollow, usually in a bone, such as the hypophyseal fossa (the depression in the sphenoid bone). [3]