Eupleres major

Eupleres major
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Eupleridae
Subfamily: Euplerinae
Genus: Eupleres
Species: E. major
Binomial name
Eupleres major
Lavauden, 1929

Eupleres major, the western falanouc, is a rare mongoose-like mammal endemic to Madagascar and classified in the carnivoran family Eupleridae.

Recognized only in 2010, it is in the genus Eupleres.[2]

It is found in humid rainforest and marshes in northwest Madagascar and also in the dry deciduous forest in the west.

References

  1. Hawkins, F. (2016). "Eupleres major". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T39547A45204313. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T39547A45204313.en. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  2. Goodman, S. M.; Helgen, K. M. (2010-02-25). "Species limits and distribution of the Malagasy carnivoran genus Eupleres (Family Eupleridae)". Mammalia. 74 (2): 177–185. doi:10.1515/mamm.2010.018.

External links

Wikisource has the text of the 1905 New International Encyclopedia article Falanaka.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/7/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.