Ring-tailed vontsira
| Ring-tailed vontsira | |
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| Montagne d'Ambre National Park | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Eupleridae |
| Subfamily: | Galidiinae |
| Genus: | Galidia I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1837 |
| Species: | G. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Galidia elegans Saint-Hilaire, 1837
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| Ring-tailed vontsira range | |
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.