Fossa vs Seagrape

Cryptoprocta ferox compared with Coccoloba uvifera

Key Differences

• Fossa is Vulnerable while Seagrape is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fossa	Seagrape
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Eupleridae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Cryptoprocta	Coccoloba
Species	Cryptoprocta ferox	Coccoloba uvifera

Conservation Status

Fossa

VU — Vulnerable

Seagrape

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Fossa	Seagrape
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fossa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Seagrape

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (4 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).