THE FOSSA HAS A BLUNT,
CAT-LIKE
ROSTRUM AND IS TYPICALLY 610mm TO 800mm, WITH A WITH A TAIL OF MATCHING
LENGTH ITS SHOULDER HEIGHT IS 370mm THE FOSSA HAS VIBRISSAE THAT
ARE AS LONG AS ITS HEAD, AND IT IS COVERED IN SHORT, THICK FUR OF A
REDDISH-BROWN
COLOR ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOMETIMES BLACK INDIVIDUALS THE FOSSA
HAS
SHORT, CURVED, RETRACTILE CLAWS LIKE CATS AND A PLANTIGRADE STACE
ANAL AND PREPUTIAL GLANDS CA BE FOUND MALES HAVE A LARGE BACULUM,
A BARB ON THE GLANS OF THE PENIS LIKE FELINES, AND ARE SLIGHTLY LARGER
THAN THE FEMALES THE FOSSA HAS ROUNDED EARS WITH VERY GOOD
HEARING,
VISION, AND OLFACTION IN NUMBER (32 TO 36) THAT OTHER VIVERRIDS THE
GENUS
NAME OF THE FOSSA COMES FROM THE FACT THAT ITS ANUS IS HIDDEN BY AN
ANAL
POUCH.
A DRAW OF A FOSSA AND SHOWING THE ANATOMY OF THE FOSSA BODY
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