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
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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36312239Original 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 specimen URI
http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1976-401Type 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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