Fossa vs Silkrubber

Cryptoprocta ferox compared with Funtumia elastica

Key Differences

• Fossa is Vulnerable while Silkrubber is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Fossa	Silkrubber
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Eupleridae	Apocynaceae
Genus	Cryptoprocta	Funtumia
Species	Cryptoprocta ferox	Funtumia elastica

Conservation Status

Fossa

VU — Vulnerable

Silkrubber

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Fossa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Silkrubber

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Cameroon, Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, and Seychelles.