Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) wildlife photograph in madagascar forest

Expedition 🇲🇬 Madagascar

Fossa in Madagascar

Start with Andasibe-Mantadia National Park. Finding notes below, full Fossa field guide one tap away.

Cryptoprocta ferox

Where to spot one

  • Andasibe-Mantadia National Park

    Eastern Madagascar

    Rainforest reserve where indri lemurs' haunting calls carry for kilometres , and night walks may reveal aye-ayes tapping for grubs.

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Finding Fossa in Madagascar

Where are fossas in Madagascar? The strongest odds are at Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, where access and habitat beat a chance roadside glimpse.

Andasibe-Mantadia National Park in Eastern Madagascar is the place to begin. Rainforest reserve where indri lemurs' haunting calls carry for kilometres, and night walks may reveal aye-ayes tapping for grubs. Give yourself quiet time at dawn or dusk and keep your distance.

Madagascar context: Lemurs in the baobabs, chameleons in the spiny forest, and wildlife found nowhere else on the planet.

In Madagascar, look especially around dry forest, rainforest, and spiny forest edge. Those settings usually put you closest to where this species is active.

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