Madagascar Fossa: Interesting Facts – Amazing Nature
The Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) is a carnivorous mammal belonging to a special family of Madagascan raptors.
Fossa has a short, but dense and elongated body, the average length of which varies between 65-70 cm.
Interesting Facts
Their diet consists of small mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and insects.
They often attack lemurs, which they can chase through trees.
The Fossa kills a caught animal by holding it with its front paws and biting it in the back of the head, and sometimes destroys more animals than it can eat.
Even more than a cat, the fossa is similar to other, lesser-known representatives of the order of carnivores - viverridae (family Viverridae).
These small, mostly arboreal animals live in the tropics of the Old World.
These include, for example, civets - the funny beast Binturong and its relative the Musang (or Malayan palm civet), famous for its role in the production of one of the most expensive varieties of coffee - Kopi Luwak.
However, unlike sociable mongooses, fossa and other Madagascar civets lead a solitary lifestyle and communicate with relatives mainly only during the breeding season.
Previously, we talked about the animal “jaguarundi”.
