Ring-tailed vontsira: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the ring-tailed vontsira lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Galidia elegans
Group	Mongooses, civets & genets
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Carnivora
Family	Eupleridae

Where does the ring-tailed vontsira live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the ring-tailed vontsira in 1 country or territory across Africa. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Madagascar.

Madagascar

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the ring-tailed vontsira endangered?

The ring-tailed vontsira’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the ring-tailed vontsira?

The ring-tailed vontsira (Galidia elegans) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Eupleridae, genus Galidia. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the ring-tailed vontsira

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ring-tailed vontsira (revision 1379699535), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q518580 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).