Salanoia
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Genus of carnivores
| Salanoia | |
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| Brown-tailed mongoose(Salanoia concolor) | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Eupleridae |
| Subfamily: | Galidiinae |
| Genus: | Salanoia Gray,1864 |
| Type species | |
| Galidia concolor I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1837
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| Salanoiaranges | |
Salanoiais a genus ofeupleridcarnivoranwith two currently described species found inMadagascar.[1]They aremongoose-like, which is reflected in the older versions of their English names, for examplebrown-tailed mongoosewhich is now called brown-tailed vontsira.[2]The nameSalanoiais derived fromsalano,one of the vernacular names forSalanoia concolor.[2]
Vontsirais a Malagasy vernacular name that seems to apply to a few local species of local mongoose-like carnivores in the related generaSalanoia,Galidia,andGalidictis.[2]
References[edit]
- ^abDurbin, 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 ofSalanoia(Mammalia: Carnivora: Eupleridae) from the marshes of Lac Alaotra, Madagascar ".Systematics and Biodiversity.8(3): 341–355.doi:10.1080/14772001003756751.S2CID84480153.
- ^abcSchuurman, Derek; Nick Garbutt; Bradt, Hilary (2008).Madagascar Wildlife 3rd (Bradt Travel Guide Madagascar Wildlife).Bradt Travel Guides.ISBN978-1-84162-245-3.
External links[edit]
Media related toSalanoiaat Wikimedia Commons
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