Giant Fossa

Cryptoprocta spelea

Giant Fossa

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Scientific Taxonomy & Character Information

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Carnivora

Suborder: Feliformia

Family: Eupleridae

Genus: Cryptoprocta

Species: Cryptoprocta spelea

Descendant: Eupleridae

Named by: Guillaume Grandidier

Year Published: 1902

Size: length of 1.07 to 1.32 and weigh between 17 kg (37 lb) to 20 kg (44 lb)

Lifespan: 20 years

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Other Name(s)/Alias(es): none

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Time Period: Early Miocene–Holocene

Alignment: Curious

Threat Level: ★★★★

Diet: Omnivorous 🥩🌿

Elements: Normal, combat, fae

Inflicts: n/a

Weaknesses: Combat, fae

Casualties: none

Based On: itself

Conservation Status: 

The giant fossa (Cryptoprocta spelea; Sorabe: فَساَ لاِهِبِ "fosa lehibe"), is an extinct species of carnivore from Madagascar in the family Eupleridae which is most closely related to the mongooses and includes all Malagasy carnivorans.

Etymology

Its common name comes from the word fosa (Sorabe: فُسَ; Malagasy pronunciation: [ˈfusə̥]) in Malagasy, an Austronesian language, and some authors have adopted the Malagasy spelling in English. The word is similar to posa (meaning "cat") in the Iban language (another Austronesian language) from Borneo, and both terms may derive from trade languages from the 1600s.


However, an alternative etymology suggests a link to another word that comes from Malay: pusa refers to the Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes), or in Tagalog: pusa for any kind of cat. The Malay word pusa could have become posa for cats in Borneo.

Physical Appearance

The giant fossa is a Malagasy mongoose that resembles their relative, the fossa, except that their faces are slightly different and they may have a longer tail. The fur color of the giant fossa was unknown because of the bones found.

Abilities

To catch a lemur, a predator must outrun it, and the fossa is more nimble than even the swiftest lemur or wild hog. It can only show as a tawny blur when it dashes, scampers, or jumps. The fossa is an ambush hunter that uses its forelimbs and claws to seize its prey before quickly biting it to death with its razor-sharp teeth.

Ecology

The fossa is solitary for the majority of the year; however, pairs have often been photographed near the breeding season (October–December). There is a record of what appeared to be an adult traveling with a juvenile in May and another of a very small Fosa (possibly an infant or very early juvenile) in September.


With its large size and massive jaws and teeth, giant fossa was a formidable, "puma-like" predator, and in addition to smaller prey it may have eaten some of the big, now extinct subfossil lemurs that would have been too large for normal fossa.

Behavior

Although older males in particular may try to bite, in general, fossas are not aggressive and will even allow themselves to be caressed by a zookeeper or other person while they are in the wild or in captivity.

Distribution and Habitat

Subfossil remnants of the massive fossa have been found in Holocene cave sites located in the central highlands, from Madagascar's northern tip to its extreme south along its west coast. At some sites, giant fossa and smaller remains indicative of the extant species, Cryptoprocta ferox, have been found together. However, due to a lack of accurate stratigraphic knowledge and the unavailability of radiocarbon dating on subfossil Cryptoprocta bones, it is unclear whether the two species coexisted in the same area at the same time. It is extinct on planet Earth, but it was resurrected via de-extinction on Berbania and Reinachos.


Extinction

The extinction of giant fossa may have changed predation dynamics on Madagascar like normal fossas.

Tamed

The fossa isn't already tame, you can tame fossa with eggs, meat, or berries.

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