FOSSA: THE LARGEST PREDATOR OF MADAGASCAR
By: Abby
HABITATS
Madagascar
 Biome is the Rain Forest
 Lives in trees or holes in the dirt
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APPEARANCES
it can be twice as large as a house cat
 Weight- 26 pounds
 Length- 6 feet
 Color- coffee brown, black
 Other- curved claws, sharp teeth, hairless pads
on feet, heavy tail
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EATING HABITS
Kinds of food- lemurs, field mice, rodents and birds
 How they get food- chase it down
 It is a carnivore
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BEHAVIORS AND OTHER INTERESTING
FACTS
# of babies- 1 to 6 at a time
 How babies cared for- The Fossa’s babies stay
with mother for one month then leave
 Protection- their sharp claws
 They hibernate
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RESOURCES
National Geographic Kids
http://animals.nationalgeographic
.com/animals/mammals/fossa/
 Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossa
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