
10 Cool things about the fossa
1.Is he a cat or is he a monkey?
He may look very cat-like and sport a long monkey-like tail, but the fossa’s closest relatives are members of the mongoose and civet families.
1.Is he a cat or is he a monkey?
He may look very cat-like and sport a long monkey-like tail, but the fossa’s closest relatives are members of the mongoose and civet families.
1. Strange relations
The elephant’s closest living relative is the dassie. This might sound odd, but recent discoveries have shown that the elephant’s oldest ancestor was about the size of a rabbit.
Animaltalk Magazine.