Salanoia concolor

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1837)

Brown-tailed Vontsira

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1837. Notice sur deux nouveaux genres de Mammifères carnassiers, les Ichneumies, du continent africain, et les Galidies, de Madagascar. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 5:578-582.

Original name as described

Galidia unicolor

Other common names

Brown-tailed Mongoose · Salano · Vontsira Boko · Tabiboala · Fanaloka

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1976-401

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

includes the recently described durrelli

Taxonomy notes citation

Durbin, J., Funk, S. M., Hawkins, F., Hills, D. M., Jenkins, P. D., Moncrieff, C. B., & Ralainasolo, F. B. (2010). Investigations into the status of a new taxon of Salanoia (Mammalia: Carnivora: Eupleridae) from the marshes of Lac Alaotra, Madagascar. Systematics and Biodiversity, 8(3), 341-355. · Veron, G., Dupré, D., Jennings, A. P., Gardner, C. J., Hassanin, A., & Goodman, S. M. (2017). New insights into the systematics of Malagasy mongoose‐like carnivorans (Carnivora, Eupleridae, Galidiinae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 55(3), 250-264.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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