narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata)

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Subject:	narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata)
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Description Galidictis vittata = Mungotictis decemlineata
Date 1848
Source Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1848 (http://www.archive.org/stream/lietuvostsrmoksl48liet#page/n39/mode/1up)
Author Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GalidictisVittataHakwins.jpg

The narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata) is a member of the family Eupleridae, subfamily Galidiinae and endemic to Madagascar. It inhabits the dry deciduous forests of western and southwestern Madagascar, where it lives from sea level to about 125 m between the Tsiribihina and Mangoky rivers. In Malagasy it is called boky-boky (pronounced "Boo-ky Boo-ky"). Order: Carnivora, Family: Eupleridae, Subfamily: Galidiinae, Genus: Mungotictis, Species: Mungotictis decemlineata (A. Grandidier, 1867)

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