weekly animal spotlight 3: the Fossa

the Fossa is a strange animal from Madagascar.  it is a carnivore and eats lemurs, and rodents.  it looks as if it is a type of cat although it is actually closley related to mongooses, civets and Meerkats. Fossas are active both day and night and are very fast, adding to their incredible agility. they can climb trees very well and can jump very far. their scientific name is Cryptoprocta Ferox. sadly, not much more is known about the fossa.