Salanoia | |
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Brown-tailed mongoose | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Family: | Eupleridae |
Subfamily: | Galidiinae |
Genus: | Salanoia Gray, 1864 |
Species | |
Salanoia ranges |
Salanoia is a genus of euplerid carnivoran with two currently described species found in Madagascar.[1] They are mongoose-like, which is reflected in the older versions of their English names, for example brown-tailed mongoose which is now called brown-tailed vontsira.[2] The name Salanoia is derived from one of the vernacular names for Salanoia concolor: Salano. [2]
In announcements of the recent discovery of Salanoia durrelli the two described members of the genus were referred to by the common name vontsira.[3][4] Vontsira is a Malagasy vernacular name that seems to apply to a few local species of local mongoose-like carnivores in the related genera Salanoia, Galidia, and Galidictis[2]