Voay

Voay is an extinct genus of crocodile from Madagascar, known from fossils dating to the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. Its best-known species, Voay robustus, was a large, robustly built crocodile.

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Voay robustus: Voay robustus is an extinct crocodile species from Madagascar and the only species generally assigned to Voay. This is the named species that anchors the genus.
Crocodylus niloticus: Crocodylus niloticus, the Nile crocodile, is a living crocodile species native to much of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. It is the living crocodile that shares Madagascar with Voay.
Crocodile: Crocodiles are large semiaquatic reptiles in the family Crocodylidae, with long snouts, powerful jaws, and armored bodies. Voay is an extinct member of the broader crocodile lineage.
Malagasy megafauna: Malagasy megafauna were the large animals that lived on Madagascar before and during human settlement of the island. Voay was one component of this distinctive lost animal community.
Crocodylia: Crocodylia is the order containing living crocodiles, alligators, caimans, and gharials, along with their extinct relatives. Voay belongs within this broader reptile group.
Madagascar: Madagascar is a large island country in the Indian Ocean, separated from mainland Africa by the Mozambique Channel. Voay fossils place the genus within Madagascar’s distinctive fauna.
Crocodylus: Crocodylus is a genus of living and extinct crocodiles distributed across Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas. Voay was historically discussed alongside crocodiles assigned to this genus.
Elephant bird: Elephant birds were enormous flightless birds endemic to Madagascar that became extinct in the recent past. Their disappearance, like Voay’s, forms part of Madagascar’s late prehistoric faunal losses.
Crocodylidae: Crocodylidae is the family that includes living crocodiles and numerous extinct crocodile relatives. This family provides the taxonomic context for Voay.
Ampasambazimba: Ampasambazimba is a fossil locality in Madagascar known for remains of extinct Malagasy vertebrates. Its fossil deposits contribute evidence for Madagascar’s extinct fauna, including crocodilians.