''Salanoia'' is a genus of euplerid

carnivora Carnivora ( ) is an order of placental mammals specialized primarily in eating flesh, whose members are formally referred to as carnivorans. The order Carnivora is the sixth largest order of mammals, comprising at least 279 species. Carnivor ...

n with two currently described species found in

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

. They are

mongoose A mongoose is a small terrestrial carnivorous mammal belonging to the family Herpestidae. This family has two subfamilies, the Herpestinae and the Mungotinae. The Herpestinae comprises 23 living species that are native to southern Europe, A ...

-like, which is reflected in the older versions of their English names, for example

brown-tailed mongoose The brown-tailed mongoose, brown-tailed vontsira, Malagasy brown-tailed mongoose, or salano (''Salanoia concolor'') is a species of mammal in the family Eupleridae. It is Fauna of Madagascar, endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is Madagasc ...

which is now called brown-tailed vontsira. The name ''Salanoia'' is derived from ''

salano The brown-tailed mongoose, brown-tailed vontsira, Malagasy brown-tailed mongoose, or salano (''Salanoia concolor'') is a species of mammal in the family Eupleridae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is moist lowland tropical fore ...

'', one of the vernacular names for ''

Salanoia concolor ''Salanoia'' is a genus of Eupleridae, euplerid carnivoran with two currently described species found in Madagascar. They are mongoose-like, which is reflected in the older versions of their English names, for example brown-tailed mongoose which i ...

''. ''Vontsira'' is a Malagasy vernacular name that seems to apply to a few local species of local mongoose-like carnivores in the related genera ''Salanoia'', '' Galidia'', and '' Galidictis''. There have been new specimens found of Salanoia in Lac Alaotra, Madagascar. This new species have different physical characteristics from S. Concolor but have genetic similarities. However, there is morphological divergence that justifies this specimen as a new species of Salanoia.

References

Euplerids Carnivoran genera Endemic fauna of Madagascar Mammals of Madagascar Taxa named by John Edward Gray Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{carnivora-stub