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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36312239

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 specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1976-401

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006035

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Galidia unicolor

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1837)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

as_emended

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1976-401

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1976-401

Authority page

581

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36312239

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Galidia olivacea

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1837)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

olivacea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-2001-312

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-2001-312

Authority page

581

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36312239

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Gray (1865:523, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500856) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36800)
  3. Murray (1866:325, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  4. Gray (1869:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8396975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
  5. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Galidia concolor

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire in Anonymous, 1837)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

976

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36312644

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Gray (1865:523, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500856) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36800)
  3. Murray (1866:325, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  4. Gray (1869:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8396975) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)

[Hemigalidia] concolor

(Mivart, 1882)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

188

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28678516

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Mivart (1882:188, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28678516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68974)

[Hemigalidia] olivacea

(Mivart, 1882)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

olivacea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

188

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28678516

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Mivart (1882:188, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28678516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68974)

Salanoia concolor

Coetzee, 1971

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

35

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Wozencraft (1993:300) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
  6. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19852) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19852) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19852/45202205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Salanoia durrelli

Durbin, Funk, F. Hawkins, Hills, P. D. Jenkins, Moncrieff, & Ralainasolo, 2010

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

durrelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:2005.209

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/60720b95-f1ab-4325-ac14-28a746518fc0

Authority page

346

Authority publication

Systematics and Biodiversity

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