Malagasy Ring-tailed Mongoose
Galidia elegans
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 168
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇬 Madagascar
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Ring-tailed vontsira”.