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  2. Fossa (animal) - Wikipedia

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    The fossa is a carnivore that hunts small to medium-sized animals. One of eight carnivorous species endemic to Madagascar, the fossa is the island's largest surviving endemic terrestrial mammal and the only predator capable of preying upon adults of all extant lemur species , [ 26 ] [ 29 ] the largest of which can weigh as much as 90 percent of ...

  3. Malagasy civet - Wikipedia

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    The Malagasy or striped civet (Fossa fossana), also known as the fanaloka (Malagasy, [fə̥ˈnaluk]) or jabady, [5] is an euplerid endemic to Madagascar. [6] It is the only species in genus Fossa . The Malagasy civet is a small mammal , about 47 centimetres (19 in) long excluding the tail (which is only about 20 centimetres (7.9 in)).

  4. List of maximum animal lifespans in captivity - Wikipedia

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    Only animals from the classes of the Chordata phylum are included. [1] On average, captive animals (especially mammals ) live longer than wild animals. This may be due to the fact that with proper treatment , captivity can provide refuge against diseases , competition with others of the same species and predators .

  5. Cryptoprocta - Wikipedia

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    It contains the living fossa and its larger, recently extinct relative, the giant fossa. [1] [2] The fossas are the largest of Madagascar's mammalian carnivores.

  6. Little Rock Zoo welcomes Riana the fossa - AOL

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    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Little Rock Zoo has welcomed a new furry friend- Riana the fossa. Riana is 16 years old, and zoo officials said that she is the second fossa to join the zoo’s community.

  7. Cryptoprocta spelea - Wikipedia

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    The fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) is a smaller relative of C. spelea that still survives.. Although some morphological differences between the two fossa species have been described, [17] these may be allometric (growth-related), and in their 1986 Mammalian Species account of the fossa, Michael Köhncke and Klaus Leonhardt wrote that the two were morphologically identical. [18]

  8. Eupleridae - Wikipedia

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    The fossa and the Malagasy civet (Fossa fossana) are each evolutionarily quite distinct from each other and from the rest of the clade. All Eupleridae are considered threatened species due to habitat destruction , as well as predation and competition from non-native species .

  9. List of longest-living organisms - Wikipedia

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    The 100 species with longest life-spans recorded and verified [1] This is a list of the longest-living biological organisms: the individual(s) (or in some instances, clones) of a species with the longest natural maximum life spans. For a given species, such a designation may include: