- Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia, Order: Carnivora, Phylum: Chordata, Family: Eupleridae, Class: Mammalia, Suborder: Feliformia
The fossa is the largest predator on the island of Madagascar, the fossa is closely related to mongoose family, it has retractable claws, and long tails which helps them to maneuver across trees quickly. it also use these claws to hold its prey.
Fossa are active both day and night
The fossa has a cat-like appearance
they are very energetic and aggressive animals, its diet consists of birds, lizards, rodents, reptiles and more than half of its diet consists of lemurs
here is a lemur to us it may be cute but to a fossa it's lunch
- measurements
The Fossa is a medium-sized,the males larger than the females, adults have a head-body length of about 75 cm and weigh of about 8 kg