Mungotictis decemlineata

(A. Grandidier, 1867)

Narrow-striped Boky

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Viverroidea
Family : Eupleridae
Subfamily : Galidiinae
Genus : Mungotictis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Grandidier, A. 1867-03. Mammifres et Oiseaux nouveaux découverts à Madagascar et décrits par M. Alfred Grandidier. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée (2)19:84-88.

Original name as described

Galidia decemlineata

Other common names

Narrow-striped Mongoose · Boky · Boky-boky

Type material

RMNH.MAM.34431.a, RMNH.MAM.34431.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"à la côte ouest de Madagascar". The previous statement that the type locality is the "east coast of Madagascar" is incorrect.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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