The Fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox) is the largest wild carnivore in Madagascar. It is sometimes described as half dog half cat and lives in different types of forest almost all over the island. They feed mainly on lemurs and other animals including rodents, tenrecs, and snakes.
Most of the time, they are terrestrial but with the help of the special claws which they have, they can climb up trees when trying to catch their prey.
Most of the time, they are solitary but it is only during the mating season that a small group of Fosas can be seen wandering around the forest and foraging together.
Apart from the Fosa, while doing the expeditions in the forest, you may encounter with some Mongooses namely the ring-tailed mongoose in the dry and wet forest, the Grandidier’s mongoose in the spiny forest, the narrow-striped mongoose in the dry deciduous forest in the west, and you may also spot some Civets mainly along the edge of the forest. They are also part of the carnivores in Madagascar.
Many of those local carnivores suffer from habitat loss. As long as you are traveling around, with the different itineraries that we are suggestion to you, you will encourage the local people to pay more attention and to care for the carnivores.