MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Fossa fossana

Accepted taxon: Fossa fossana
Taxon:	Fossa fossana
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	CARNIVORA \| FELIFORMIA \| Eupleridae \| Euplerinae \| Fossa
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Fig.1 - Ternary plot of the proximate analysis for the Fossa fossana diet.
CF (Crude Fibre) 3, ASH (Ash contents) 15, NFE (Nitrogen-Free-Extract) 13, CP (Crude Protein) 59, EE (Ether Extract) 11. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Fossa fossana.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
Crustacea	WHOLE	28.57	Nowak,R. …
Oligochaeta	WHOLE	23.81	Nowak,R. …
Anguilliformes	WHOLE	19.05	Nowak,R. …
Anura	WHOLE	14.29	Nowak,R. …
Animalia	WHOLE	9.52	Nowak,R. …
Magnoliopsida	FRUIT	4.76	Nowak,R. …

^a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Fossa fossana.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Terrestrial	Terrestrial	– John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Frugivore	Animalivore, Frugivore	– A. R. Friscia, B. Van Valkenburgh, A. R. Biknevicius, 2007, 'An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans', Journal of Zoology, vol. 272, no. 1, pp. 82-100, John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554
Temporal habits	nocturnal	nocturnal	– John L. Gittleman, 1985, 'Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates', Oecologia, vol. 67, no. 4, pp. 540-554
Dietary category: Eisenberg 1981	Insectivore	Insectivore	– A. R. Friscia, B. Van Valkenburgh, A. R. Biknevicius, 2007, 'An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans', Journal of Zoology, vol. 272, no. 1, pp. 82-100

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Fossa fossana.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Fossa fossana.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Fossa fossana.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Fossa fossa	Gittleman,J. L., 1985, Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates, Oecologia	61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym	Verified - Accepted
Fossa fossana	Friscia,AR, 2006, An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans, Journal of zoology	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Fossa fossa	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym	Verified - Accepted
Fossa fossa	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	61: Genus, Species = Master genus, species synonym	Verified - Accepted
Fossa fossana	Beaudrot, L., Acevedo, M.A., Gorczynski, D. and Harris, N.C., 2024. Geographic differences in body size distributions underlie food web connectance of tropical forest mammals. Scientific Reports, 14(1), pp.1-10.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Fossa fossana	Rowan, J., Beaudrot, L., Franklin, J., Reed, K.E., Smail, I.E., Zamora, A. and Kamilar, J.M., 2020. Geographically divergent evolutionary and ecological legacies shape mammal biodiversity in the global tropics and subtropics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(3), pp.1559-1565.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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