Animal Facts
Scientific Name
Cryptoprocta ferox
Range
Tropical rainforest in Madagascar
Location in the Zoo
Across from black bears
Cool Animal Fact
The fossa has retractable claws like a cat but walks flat on its feet like a bear.
All Animals
Fossa
The fossa (pronounced "foosa" is Madagascar’s largest carnivore and the main predator of lemurs. The fossa must have trees to live in, and the forests of Madagascar are being depleted at an alarming rate. Slash-and-burn agriculture has destroyed more than 90 percent of its tropical forest.
