Fossa
Cryptoprocta ferox
Mammalia
VULNERABLE
Stats
- Lifespan
- 15-20 yrs
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Cathemeral
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Tropical rainforest
- Range
- Madagascar
- Movement
- Climbing
- Breeding
- Live Birth
- Defense
- Speed
- Status
- Vulnerable
About
The fossa is Madagascar's apex predator — a sleek, cat-like carnivore that can descend trees headfirst thanks to unusually flexible ankle joints. Despite its feline appearance, it belongs to the family Eupleridae and is more closely related to mongooses than to any cat.
Life cycle
- 1.newbornA live-born newborn nurses on its mother's milk and depends on her for warmth and protection.
- 2.juvenileA weaned juvenile begins eating solid food and learning from its parents or group.
- 3.adultFully grown at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Eupleridae
- Genus
- Cryptoprocta
- Species
- Cryptoprocta ferox