Ring-tailed mongoose
Also known as Galidia elegans, Malagasy ring-tailed mongoose, ring-tailed vontsira
species of mammal
Species
Maximum longevity: 26 years (captivity) Observations: One wild born animal was about 26 years old when it died in captivity (Ronald Nowak 1999).
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Skull and dentition, as illustrated in Gervais' Histoire naturelle des mammifères 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. It is the only species in the genus Galidia.
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