''Salanoia'' is a genus of
euplerid
Eupleridae is a family of carnivorans endemic to Madagascar and comprising 10 known living species in seven genera, commonly known as euplerids, Malagasy mongooses or Malagasy carnivorans. The best known species is the fossa (''Cryptoproct ...
carnivoran with two currently described species found in
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
.
They are
mongoose
A mongoose is a small terrestrial carnivorous mammal belonging to the family Herpestidae. This family is currently split into two subfamilies, the Herpestinae and the Mungotinae. The Herpestinae comprises 23 living species that are native to so ...
-like, which is reflected in the older versions of their English names, for example
brown-tailed mongoose which is now called brown-tailed vontsira.
The name ''Salanoia'' is derived from ''
salano'', one of the vernacular names for ''
Salanoia concolor''.
''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
The ring-tailed vontsira, locally still known as the ring-tailed mongoose (''Galidia elegans'') is a euplerid in the subfamily Galidiinae, a carnivoran native to Madagascar. It is the only species in genus ''Galidia''.
Classification and et ...
'', and ''
Galidictis''.
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Euplerids
Mammal genera
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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