Salanoia
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Salanoia
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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 2010, the two described members of the genus were referred to by the common name vontsira in announcements of the discovery of Salanoia durrelli.[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]
References
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- ↑ http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2010/10/new-meat-eater-emerges-in-mada.html
- ↑ http://www.conservation.org/newsroom/pressreleases/Pages/New_Carnivorous_Mammal.aspx
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