The brown-tailed mongoose, Salanoia concolor, also called the brown-tailed vontsira, Malagasy brown-tailed mongoose or salano, is a small mammal in the family Eupleridae endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is moist lowland tropical forest, and it is threatened by habitat loss. Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire first described it in 1837 under the names Galidia unicolor and Galidia olivacea, and unicolor was a misprint corrected to concolor. John Edward Gray gave it its own subgenus, Salanoia, in 1865, and by 1972 a single species was recognized. A second species of the genus, Durrell's vontsira from the Lake Alaotra marshes, was described in 2010.
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The brown-tailed mongoose, brown-tailed vontsira, Malagasy brown-tailed mongoose, or salano (Salanoia concolor) is a species of mammal in the family Eupleridae.
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1. Durrell's vontsira (Wikipedia)
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rather than insects, which the more gracile-toothed brown-tailed mongoose eats
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The brown-tailed mongoose, brown-tailed vontsira, Malagasy brown-tailed mongoose, or salano (Salanoia concolor) is a species of mammal in the family Eupleridae.
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Its natural habitat is moist lowland tropical forest.
View the Source3. Wikipedia (French): Salanoia concolor
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En raison de ces facteurs, la Galidie unicolore est classée comme vulnérable (VU)
Écologie et comportement, Activité
La Galidie unicolore est un animal essentiellement diurne
Écologie et comportement, Activité, pics d'activité
dont les pics d'activité se situent principalement à l'aube et au crépuscule
Relations avec l'Homme, conversion agricole
la conversion des forêts primaires de plaine en terres agricoles par la pratique du brûlis
Relations avec l'Homme, exploitation du bois
l'exploitation sélective du bois et la production de charbon de bois
Relations avec l'Homme, espèces introduites
Le Rat noir et la Petite civette indienne entrent en compétition directe pour les proies
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ne s'attaque pas au bétail ou aux volailles, ce qui lui épargne généralement les persécutions directes
View the Source 4. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Galidictis fasciata
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a Malagasy brown-tailed mongoose is reported to have lived only 4 years and 9 months
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