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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.
Cryptoprocta ferox †Cryptoprocta spelea. Cryptoprocta is a genus of carnivoran endemic to Madagascar. It contains the living fossa and its larger, ...
Eupleridae is a family of carnivorans endemic to Madagascar and comprising 10 known living species in seven genera, commonly known as euplerids, Malagasy mongooses or Malagasy carnivorans. The best known species is the fossa ( Cryptoprocta ferox ), in the subfamily Euplerinae .
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]
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 ...
Mammals found in this forest include the apex predator fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox), the fanaloka (Fossa fossana), northern ring-tailed mongoose and numerous bat species. [5] Lemurs occurring here include the crowned lemur , northern sportive lemur , gray mouse lemur , Sanford's brown lemur and the aye-aye . [ 6 ]
Madagascar National Parks Association Ambatovaky Special Reserve is a tropical rainforest and wildlife reserve in the north-east of Madagascar (65,000 hectares (160,000 acres)). It is designated by Bird Life International as an Important Bird Area for the large number of endemic species of birds.
Giant fossa (Cryptoprocta spelea): The fossil record of Madagascar has yielded the remains of a recently extinct fossa which was about a quarter larger than the living species, [8] making it close to the size of an ocelot. This species was believed to have preyed upon the larger lemurs that inhabited Madagascar until the island was settled by man.