What is Madagascan Fossa?
When the island spends a long time physically separated from other parts of the world, evolution tends to produce animals that are unique to this island. Madagascan Fossa, which is a carnivorous cat creature, is an example of this type of evolution because it lives only on the island of Madagascar. Fossas are brown mammals who look like big cats, but are more relatives with mongoosis. Fossa can climb to trees and counts lemurs, reptiles and birds among their prey.
In scientific terminology, Madagascan Fossa is known as Cryptoprocta Ferox . Usually it is simply the name of Fossa, because no other types except Madagaskan exist. On the island of Madagascar, the animal lives in the woods and tends to be active during the night and dusk and dawn. The scientific name Fossa comes from both its appearance and its supposed nature. Crypto means hidden in Latin and proceta refers to the rectum because Fossa has a back end of the skin. ferox , on the second strAnd, it means wild.
leatherette Madagascan Fossa is most often brown with a touch of red, but several of them have a black fur. Its maximum length, including the tail, is approximately 6 feet (about 1.8 m.) The mammal has large eyes and round ears, with small teeth and very long beard. He can see well and has a good feeling of hearing and smell. Fossas also has fragrances that produce the fragrance that the animal leaves around its neighborhood as communication with other Fossas.
Since its native range is forest and its prey can live in the trees, the fossa has developed the ability to rise. His legs have claws that can be pulled, and his long tail acts as a balance for the rest of the body when it passes from the branch to the branch. As Madagascar's Island has reversed over time, it is possible to reduce fossa life and reproduction, which significantly reduced the number of animals and inserting Madagascan Fossa into the endangered category, from Reye 2011.
Baby fossas spend four and a half months on the day of feeding with their mother. Young fossas will become independent about a year and a half old and grows to its final size at the age of about four years. Fossa led by people lived for 20 years, but it is not known how long animals live in the wild.
Due to the insulation of Madagascar from external species for thousands of years as an island with a small type of immigration, Fossa is a key predator on the island, except for humans. This means that he does not have real predators and large species; One example is the lemurs who live in the woods. Like lemurs, fossa can hunt reptiles, birds and animals smaller than lemur.