Broad-striped Malagasy Mongoose

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Broad-striped Malagasy Mongoose[1]

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Eupleridae
Subfamily: Galidiinae
Genus: Galidictis
Species: G. fasciata
Binomial name
Galidictis fasciata
(Gmelin, 1788)

The Broad-striped Malagasy Mongoose is a species of mongoose. It is a forest-dweller native to eastern Madagascar. The species contains two known subspecies: G. f. striata and G. F. fasciata. Their main distinguishing factors are their stripes and their tails; the former has a thinner, white tail and 5 stripes, while the latter has a fuller, reddish-brown tail and 8-10 stripes. The mongoose's primary prey are small rodents. This species is most active in the evening and at night. It lives in pairs and births annually, one offspring each summer.

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  1. ^ Wozencraft, W. C. (16 November 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 561. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Dollar, L. (2000). Galidictis fasciata. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2007. Retrieved on 2007-07-30.
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