---
title: "Fossa"
description: "Cryptoprocta ferox — Mammiferi. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/fossa
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Fossa

> Cryptoprocta ferox — Mammiferi. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Cryptoprocta ferox*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 372
- Wikidata: [Q183330](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183330)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41578](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41578)

## Names

- en: Fossa
- de: Fossa
- es: Gato Fossa de Madagascar
- fr: Fossa
- nl: Fretkat
- pt: Fossa
- pl: Fossa madagaskarska

## Countries with the most observations

MG (202)

## Photo

![Fossa](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/fossa/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daderot · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cryptoprocta_ferox_-_Museo_Civico_di_Storia_Naturale_Giacomo_Doria_-_Genoa,_Italy_-_DSC02723a.JPG

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/fossa?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).