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Ring-tailed vontsira
Species of carnivore / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The ring-tailed vontsira (Galidia elegans), locally still known as the ring-tailed mongoose, is a euplerid in the subfamily Galidiinae, a carnivoran native to Madagascar.[2] It is the only species in the genus Galidia.
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Ring-tailed vontsira | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Eupleridae |
Genus: | Galidia I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1837 |
Species: | G. elegans |
Binomial name | |
Galidia elegans Saint-Hilaire, 1837 | |
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