Grandidier's Mongoose
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| Galidictis grandidieri Wozencraft, 1986 |
Grandidier's Mongoose (Galidictis grandidieri), also known as the Giant-striped Mongoose, is a small mammal weighing between 1.1 and 1.3 lb (500 to 600 g) and living in Southwestern Madagascar, in areas of spiny desert vegetation. It is a pale brown or grayish coloured mongoose, with eight wide, dark stripes on its back and sides. Grandidier's Mongoose is larger than the related Broad-striped Malagasy Mongoose, G. fasciata, and its stripes are not as wide.
Grandidier's Mongoose primarily eats small vertebrates like rodents and lizards, though it has been recorded eating invertebrates.
Nocturnal and crepuscular, this mongoose lives in pairs which produce one offspring a year, in the summer.
The species is named for Alfred Grandidier.
[edit] References
- ^ Hawkins, A.F.A. (2008). Galidictis grandidieri. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2008. Retrieved on 22 March 2009. Database entry includes justification for why this species is endangered
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