The fossa (pronounced "FOO-sa"), scientific name Cryptoprocta ferox, is found only on Madagascar and is the largest mammalian carnivore there. It lives in forests and has been referred to as the ...

Madagascar's wildlife is almost wholly unique ... the fossa, a cat-like carnivore; and the silky sifaka, a ghostly, all-white lemur that is perilously close to extinction (fewer than 1,000 ...

Carnivores frequently come into conflict with ... fossa (a cat-like predator found in Madagascar) and the Tasmanian Devil—as ...