giant fossa

Summary

giant fossa is a fossil taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (263 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• giant fossa's image is recorded as Fossa de les cavernes.png^[3].
• giant fossa's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[4].
• giant fossa's taxon rank is recorded as species^[5].
• giant fossa's IUCN conservation status is recorded as extinct species^[6].
• giant fossa's parent taxon is recorded as Cryptoprocta^[7].
• giant fossa's taxon range map image is recorded as Cryptoprocta subfossil range map.svg^[8].
• giant fossa's endemic to is recorded as Madagascar^[9].
• giant fossa's taxon name is recorded as Cryptoprocta spelea^[10].
• giant fossa's Commons category is recorded as Cryptoprocta spelea^[11].
• giant fossa's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 136456^[12].
• giant fossa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02vmxgm^[13].
• giant fossa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5787251^[14].
• giant fossa's spoken text audio is recorded as En-Cryptoprocta spelea-article.ogg^[15].
• giant fossa's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. spelea'}^[16].
• giant fossa's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Giant Fosa'}^[17].
• giant fossa's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Giant Fossa'}^[18].
• giant fossa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 74231^[19].
• giant fossa's Observation.org taxon ID is recorded as 200498^[20].
• giant fossa's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778966467^[21].
• giant fossa's extinction date is recorded as +1500-00-00T00:00:00Z^[22].
• giant fossa's ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID is recorded as 1006029^[23].

Why It Matters

giant fossa ranks in the top 2% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (263 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]