Grandidier's mongoose, Galidictis grandidieri, also known as the giant-striped mongoose or Grandidier's vontsira, is a small carnivoran confined to a very small area of southwestern Madagascar, mostly along the western edge of the Mahafaly Plateau in Tsimanampetsotsa National Park, which gives it the smallest range of any Malagasy carnivore. It is pale brown or grey with eight wide dark stripes, larger than the broad-striped Malagasy mongoose, and weighs about 0.5 to 0.6 kg. Nocturnal and crepuscular, it lives in pairs that produce one young a year and searches ground litter and rock crevices for invertebrates and small vertebrates. It is named for the French naturalist Alfred Grandidier and is among the least studied carnivorans in the world.
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Population Trend System (Realm) ThreatsBiological Resource Use 2 Relationship to PeopleNo Significant Interaction with Humans 2 Living or Extinct Conservation Status Body Size Band Activity Pattern Activity Pattern Comparison
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Child Taxon Of
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Galidictis grandidieri
Source Grandidier's mongoose (Wikipedia)
In Biome
Desert, Biomes Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Galidictis grandidieri
In Ecosystem
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Grandidier's mongoose (Galidictis grandidieri), also known as the giant-striped mongoose or Grandidier's vontsira, is a small carnivoran that lives only in a very small area of southwestern Madagascar
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Grandidier's mongoose (Galidictis grandidieri), also known as the giant-striped mongoose or Grandidier's vontsira, is a small carnivoran that lives only in a very small area of southwestern Madagascar
Lead, activity pattern
Nocturnal and crepuscular, this species lives in pairs which produce one offspring a year, in the summer.
Lead, diet
small vertebrates are the most important food by biomass, comprising 58% during the dry season and 80% during the wet season
Lead, system
They hunt primarily by searching through ground litter and in rock crevices.
Lead, body size band
Grandidier's mongoose weighs 1.1 to 1.3 lb (0.5 to 0.6 kg).
View the Source2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Galidictis grandidieri
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status
the population size of the giant striped mongoose has begun to decline.
Conservation Status, threats
with habitat loss that comes with increased development, and the extraction of wood from its habitat, the population size of the giant striped mongoose has begun to decline.
Conservation Status, IUCN Red List
IUCN Red List Endangered
Conservation Status, CITES
CITES No special status
Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
Because it lives in inaccessible habitat, it is unlikely to have any positive impact on human economies.
In Biome: Desert, Habitat
Giant-striped mongooses are found in the spiny desert region of southwestern Madagascar
Child Taxon Of: Eupleridae, Scientific Classification
Family Eupleridae Malagasy carnivores
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