Fossa (animal)
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The fossa is a slender, long-tailed, cat-like mammal that is endemic to Madagascar. It is a member of the carnivoran family Eupleridae.
Cryptoprocta Ferox
The fossa has a cat-like appearance, resembling a small cougar.
Skull of a fossa
Cranium (dorsal, ventral, and lateral views) and mandible (lateral and dorsal views)
Carnivora
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Carnivora is an order of placental mammals specialised primarily in eating flesh, whose members are formally referred to as carnivorans. The order Carnivora is the sixth largest order of mammals, comp
Fossa (animal)
…fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox; FOSS-ə or FOO-sə; Malagasy: ) is a slender, long-tailed, cat-like mammal that is endemic to Madagascar. It is a member of the carnivoran family Eupleridae. The fossa is the largest mammalian carnivore on Madagascar and has been compared to a small cougar, as it has convergently evolved…
Carnivora portraits
Life reconstruction of Tapocyon robustus, a species of miacid
A black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas) trying to predate on a brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) pup. These two species illustrate the diversity in bodyplan seen among carnivorans, especially between pinnipeds and their terrestrial relatives.