The Creature Phile

The first animal of the week is the impossibly beautiful Fossa!  The Fossa is the largest carnivore native to Madagascar. It may look like a small cougar, but it's not a feline at all! It's far closer to a mongoose, civet or viverrid than anything in the cat family. It belongs to the small family known as "Eupleridea". It's an excellent tree climber and eats mostly lemurs, rodents, lizards and birds. It's conservation status is listed as "vulnerable" due to loss of habitat. 

The idea is to share some photos and interesting facts about rare and amazing animals. I just find myself seeing more and more critters I feel like sharing, and this is how I aim to do them. :3