🐈Fossa
Die Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox), seltener auch Frettkatze genannt, ist eine auf Madagaskar endemische Raubtierart. Sie ist das größte Raubtier ihrer Heimatinsel und ernährt sich vorrangig von Primaten und anderen Säugetieren. Die Einzelgängerin lebt in großen Revieren und zählt zu den gefährdeten Arten. Heranwachsende Weibchen bilden eine penisartige Klitoris aus, die bei ausgewachsenen Weibchen wieder verschwindet; dies ist von keiner anderen Säugetierart bekannt. Die systematische Stellung der Fossa war lange Zeit umstritten; nach DNA-Untersuchungen wird sie in die Madagassischen Raubtiere (Eupleridae) eingeordnet.
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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 ↑
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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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- 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 ↑
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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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