Fossa may refer to:

Animals

Fossa (animal) The fossa (''Cryptoprocta ferox''; or ; ) is a slender, long-tailed, cat-like mammal that is endemic to Madagascar. It is a member of Eupleridae, the family of carnivorans, and closely related to the Malagasy civet. The fossa is the largest ...

, the common name of a carnivoran mammal of genus ''Cryptoprocta'' endemic to Madagascar * ''Fossa'', the Latin genus name of the

Malagasy civet The Malagasy or striped civet (''Fossa fossana''), also known as the fanaloka (Malagasy, ) or jabady, is an euplerid endemic to Madagascar. It is the only species in genus ''Fossa''. The Malagasy civet is a small mammal, about long excluding ...

, a related but smaller mammal endemic to Madagascar

Places

* Fossa, Abruzzo, a town in Italy *

Fossa, County Kerry Fossa () is a village and parish in County Kerry, Ireland, north of the Lakes of Killarney. Townlands in Fossa parish: * Aghadoe * Coolgarriv Notable people *David Clifford (1999–) *Paudie Clifford (1996-) * Michael Fassbender (1977–) ...

, a village in Ireland * Fossá, Faroe Islands, an abandoned village * Fossá, a waterfall in the Faroe islands * Fossa (river), Iceland

Other uses

* Fossa (anatomy), a depression in part of the body *

Fossa (geology) In planetary nomenclature, a fossa (pl. fossae ) is a long, narrow depression (trough) on the surface of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon. The term, which means "ditch" or "trench" in Latin, is not a geological term as such bu ...

, a depression in a planet * La Fossa, an Italian rap group * Fossa ( drowning pit): for executions

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