🐈Fossa
Фосата (Cryptoprocta ferox), известна още като мадагаскарска дългоопашата вивера, е вивероподобен хищен бозайник със средни размери от семейство Мадагаскарски мангустоподобни (Eupleridae), ендемичен за африканския остров Мадагаскар. Въпреки че е в близко родство с мангустите, фосата има вида и поведението на котка. Прословутата свирепост на фосата в фолклора на малгашките обаче е леко преувеличена. Все пак, сравнително неотдавна изчезва и вид гигантска фоса (Cryptoprocta spelea) – към 3 пъти по едра и тежка от съвременната, имайки дължина на тялото около 2 метра и тегло около 17 кг. – за която се смята, че е преследвала гигантските лемури (Megaladapis), съвременници на гигантските безкрили птици епиорнис, изчезнали след нашествието на човека на остров Мадагаскар.
Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 9.5 kg
- Body length
- 0.76 m
- Shoulder height
- 0.37 m
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 23 years
Everything we know about the Fossa
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass9.5 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Figures vary
- 9.5 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.76 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Shoulder height0.37 mnot statedDetails ↓Hide ↑
"Shoulder height is typically 370 mm."
Source: Lundrigan & Zachariah 2000, Animal Diversity Web account: Cryptoprocta ferox, https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Cryptoprocta_ferox/ · see citation
Brain mass34 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Maximum lifespan23 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 23 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length7 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Age at maturity3.5 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Gestation91 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 90 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Home range0.75 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Population density0.18 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0
Volume l9.5 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Fossa yet: top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyEupleridae
- ›genusCryptoprocta
- ›speciesCryptoprocta ferox
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyEupleridae
- genusCryptoprocta
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderFeliformia
- familyEupleridae
- genusCryptoprocta
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