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The fossa is the largest mammalian carnivore on Madagascar and has been compared to a small cougar, as it has convergently evolved many cat-like features. Adults have a head-body length of 70–80 cm (28–31 in) and weigh between 5.5 and 8.6 kg (12 and 19 lb), with the males larger than the females.
Rank Common name Scientific name Family Image Average mass (kg) Maximum mass (kg) Average length (m) Maximum length (m) Shoulder height (m) Native range
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]
The family Didiereaceae, composed of four genera and 11 species, is limited to the spiny forests of southwestern Madagascar. [16] Four-fifths of the world's Pachypodium species are endemic to the island. [17] Three-fourths [18] of Madagascar's 860 [15] orchid species are found here alone, as are six of the world's eight baobab species. [19]
A mysterious shark that may count as the world’s largest predatory fish appears to be in decline off the U.S., prompting a rush to gather as much information as possible about the secretive ...
Watch to learn all about this king of the ocean! The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest cetacean on the planet. While some have claimed that there were dinosaurs that topped its ...
The largest island to span two continents and the largest in the Malay Archipelago. 3: Borneo: 748,168: 288,869: Brunei Indonesia Malaysia — Central, East, North, South, and West Kalimantan Sabah and Sarawak: The largest island in Asia. The only island shared by three UN member states. 4: Madagascar (main island) 587,041 [15] 226,658 ...
A massive jawbone found by a father-daughter fossil-collecting duo on a beach in Somerset along the English coast belonged to a newfound species that’s likely the largest known marine reptile to ...