- The ring-tailed
vontsira (
Galidia elegans),
locally still known as the ring-tailed mongoose, is a
euplerid in the
subfamily Galidiinae, a
carnivoran native...
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under the
names Galidia unicolor and
Galidia olivacea. He
placed both in the
genus Galidia,
together with the ring-tailed
mongoose (
Galidia elegans), which...
- Ring-tailed
vontsira (
Galidia elegans)
Galidictis Broad-striped
Malagasy mongoose (G. fasciata) Grandidier's
mongoose (G. grandidieri) Narrow-striped...
- well-known
predators are "fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox), ring
tailed mongoose(
Galidia elegans), owls (Strigiformes), and
Madagascar harrier hawk (Polyboroides...
- Ring-tailed
vontsira (
Galidia elegans)
Galidictis Broad-striped
Malagasy mongoose (G. fasciata) Grandidier's
mongoose (G. grandidieri) Narrow-striped...
- Ring-tailed
vontsira (
Galidia elegans)
Galidictis Broad-striped
Malagasy mongoose (G. fasciata) Grandidier's
mongoose (G. grandidieri) Narrow-striped...
-
Arctogalidia means ‘bear-weasel’ (from
ancient Gr**** arkto- ‘bear’ +
galidia ‘little weasel’). The
specific epithet trivirgata means ‘three-striped’...
- Ring-tailed
vontsira (
Galidia elegans)
Galidictis Broad-striped
Malagasy mongoose (G. fasciata) Grandidier's
mongoose (G. grandidieri) Narrow-striped...
- Ring-tailed
vontsira (
Galidia elegans)
Galidictis Broad-striped
Malagasy mongoose (G. fasciata) Grandidier's
mongoose (G. grandidieri) Narrow-striped...
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longest being longer than its head. Like some
mongoose genera,
particularly Galidia (which is now in the fossa's own family, Eupleridae) and
Herpestes (of...
