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Some facts about the
Malagasy ring-tailed mongoose
Adult weight : 0.8 kg (1.76 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 26 years
Female maturity :737 days
Gestation : 72 days
Weaning : 60 days
Litter size : 1
Litters per year : 1
Interval between litters : 365 days
Weight at birth : 0.05 kg (0.11 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 0.183 kg (0.4026 lbs)
Ring-tailed mongoose
Order : Carnivora
Family : Herpestidae
Subfamily : Galidiinae
Species : Galidia elegans
The Ring-tailed mongoose (Galidia elegans) is actually more related to the Fossa than it is related to a mongoose. As its name implies it has a tail colored with red and black rings. It lives in Madagascar, where it hunts on small mammals, fish, eggs, reptiles and invertebrates, and occasionally fruit and insects. It is very agile and a proficient climber. Over the past 10 years the ring-tailed mongoose population in Madagascar decreased by 20 %, mostly because of habitat destruction and competition with the Indian Civet and feral dogs and cats. It is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
The Malagasy ring-tailed mongoose, ring-tailed mongoose is listed as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the ringtailed mongoose
A ringtailed mongoose group is called a 'mongeese or mongaggle'.Countries
Madagascar
Facts about the ring-tailed mongoose
jpgThe ring-tailed mongooses are also pretty friendly in the English Camp.
Although much of their daily foraging is on the forest floor, ring-tailed mongooses are adept climbers and target birds' nests and fledglings. (Full text)
Behavior and Reproduction The Malagasy ring-tailed mongoose is diurnal and gregarious. (Full text)
The ring-tailed mongoose is also common in the region. (Full text)
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