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Ring-tailed Mongoose or Ring-tailed Vontsira (Galidia elegans), family Eupleridae, found in forests in Madagascar

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Ring-tailed vontsira By: Ray Faass From: The Zoogoer 1974

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Broad-striped Malagasy Mongoose Galidictis fasciata

It is endemic to eastern Madagascar. The broad-striped Malagasy mongoose is nocturnal. It forages alone or in pairs, and uses its keen sense of smell and hearing to detect prey. The mongoose is carnivorous and its diet mainly consists of insects, small reptiles, amphibians, and small mammals, which it digs out from soil and leaf litter. Known as vontsira in the Malagasy language.

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Fun Fact Friday: Ring-Tailed Vontsira

Image Credit: Stuvwx

Fun Fact! Ring Tailed Vontsiras(Galidia elegans) are very commonly found in pairs, sometimes with or without pups! These pairs don't seem to be two mates, and although that could be an explanation, it seems more likely that these pairs are friends, siblings, or a mother and one of her older pups, as female vontsiras can have two litters per year.