A small mongoose with a blunt face, and an obvious white tail. The body color is grey-beige, even the underparts. The top of the head is darker than the cheeks. There are dark brown stripes along the sides.
Almost never seen, try along the road between the park entrance and Ranomafana.
Head/Body Length |
30-34cm |
|---|---|
Tail Length |
24-30cm |
Weight |
.5-.6kg |
They prey almost entirely on small vertebrates (Garbutt, 1999).
They are nocturnal, foraging on the ground.
They are probably pair bonded.
They probably produce one infant a year in the summer.
Mammalia -> Carnivora -> Herpestidae (Galidiinae) -> Galidictis fasciata fasciata
Garbutt, N. 1999, Mammals of Madagascar, Yale University Press
IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre, viewed in July 2000, "Threatened Animals of the World", IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals