Striped civet  (Fossa fossana)

Range

Endemic to Madagascar, where it occurs throughout the moist rainforest areas of the north and east. It has also been found in isolated humid forests of Montagne d’Ambre and the deciduous forests in the Ankarana Massif in the far north of the island (2).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Found in evergreen forests where it takes shelter in crevices and hollow trees (5).

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