Giant fossa

The Giant fossa (Cryptoprocta Spelea) is an extinct species of carnivore from Madagascar in the family Eupleridae, which is closely related to the mongooses and includes all the carnivorous mammals of Madagascar. It was 1st described in 1902 and 1935 when it was classified to be a separate species from the modern fossa (Cryptoprocta Ferox). The species is known from subfossil bones found in a variety of caves in Northern, Western, Southern, and Central Madagascar. In some sites, it occurs with remains of C. Ferox, but there is no evidence that to 2 lived at the same time. The giant fossa was probably about the size of a wolf. When and how the larger form went extinct is most likely unknown. The larger species was believed to have preyed upon the larger lemurs that inhabited Madagascar until the island was settled by man. In January 18th, 1658, the fossa went extinct. Other Malagasy carnivorous mammals include mongooses, falanoucs, and civets. There is some anecdotal evidence, including reports of very large fossas, that there is more than one surviving species. The subfamilies in the Eupleridae genus includes Euplerinae and Galidiinae. The Euplerinae genus includes fossas, falanoucs, as well as Malagasy civets. It would sure be an amazing sight to see these amazing predators. The larger form was close to the size of an ocelot, a cat native to Latin America. It could also hunt down a Malagasy hippo, which is also extinct. The elephant bird was one of the 2 tallest birds ever to live on earth, along with the giant moas of New Zealand. Other recently extinct carnivores include the Falkland islands wolf (1876), Dusicyon Avus (Early 1556), Sea mink (1894), Japanese sea lion (1970's), and Caribbean monk seal (1952). The fossil record of Madagascar has yield the remains of a recently extinct fossa, which was about a quarter larger than the living species. It is controversial that if the giant fossa is a distinct species from the living species or not. However, local people have noticed that the giant fossa was blackish and the modern fossa was reddish. At first, I thought it went extinct 12,000 years ago, because in a fossa video, the narrator said that the giant fossa went extinct 12,000 years ago. If it went extinct that long ago, what predators would the giant lemurs have until the 2nd millennium? Maybe the Malagasy crowned eagle. The giant fossa weighed about 45 lbs. The reasons of what caused its extinction were hunting by humans and loss of habitat. People must have hunted them for a reason, maybe for them being a threat to livestock. Maybe we can resurrect these beautiful beasts from extinction and rewild parts of Madagascar. How it would kill its prey is that it would ambush its prey and bring it down and bite its neck until it's dead. Do you want to bring this predator back to life? Leave a comment and let me know.