Galidia elegans

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1837

Ring-tailed Vontsira

Also as Ring-tailed Vontsira, Vontsira, Vontsira Mena, Kokia, Vontsika.
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Location:Madagascar, Diana region (formerly part of Antsiranana province), Ankarana Special ReserveDate taken:1 July 2009Description:Also as Ring-tailed Vontsira, Vontsira, Vontsira Mena, Kokia, Vontsika.

Distribution :

Endemic to Madagascar.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2610

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Infraorder: Aeluroidea
Superfamily: Viverroidea
Family: Eupleridae
Subfamily: Galidiinae
Genus: Galidia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1837. Notice sur deux nouveaux genres de Mammifères carnassiers, les Ichneumies, du continent africain, et les Galidies, de Madagascar. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 5:578-582.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36312239

Original name as described

Galidia elegans

Other common names

Ring-tailed Mongoose · Vontsira · Vontsira Mena · Kokia · Vontsika

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1982-1004

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1982-1004

Type locality

Madagascar, subsequently restricted to the region of "Tamatave" [= Toamasina].

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006032

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 7 names and synonyms.

Mustela afra

Kerr, 1792

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

afra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Madagascar and the interior parts of Africa

Type locality

Madagascar.

Authority page

175

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664199

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Turton (1802:58, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Galidia elegans

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1837

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1982-1004

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Madagascar

Type locality

Madagascar.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1982-1004

Authority page

581

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36312239

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Smith (1842:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
Lesson (1842:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Gray (1865:523, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28500856) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36800)
Murray (1866:325, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Gray (1869:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8396974) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37331)
Sclater (1872:44, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Mivart (1882:188, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28678516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68974)
Trouessart (1904:259, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Allen (1939:212, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782013) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Coetzee (1971:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Wozencraft (1993:299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #39426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #39426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006032) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39426/45204213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Viverra (Mangusta) elegans:

de Blainville, 1842

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57989630

Authority publication

Ostéographie

Name usages

Blainville (1842:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57989630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68406)

Galidia elegans dambrensis

Tate & A. L. Rand, 1941

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

dambrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-100467

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mt. d'Ambre, north Madagascar, altitude 1000 meters

Type locality

Madagascar.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-100467

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Coetzee (1971:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Galidia elegans elegans:

Coetzee, 1971

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

34

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Coetzee (1971:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Galidia elegans occidentalis

Albignac, 1971

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

occidentalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1970-718

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

près de Bekopaka, 50 km au Sud d'Antsalova, à 19* 6' de latitude Sud et 44* 48' de longitude, à 100 mètres d'altitude

Type locality

Madagascar: 19°6′S, 44°48′E.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1970-718

Authority page

307

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

Coetzee (1971:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Galidea elegans:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Corbet & Hill (1991:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

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