Eupleres major

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Eupleres major
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Eupleridae
Subfamily: Euplerinae
Genus: Eupleres
Species: E. major
Binomial name
Eupleres major
Lavauden, 1929


Eupleres major is a rare mongoose-like mammal endemic to Madagascar and classified in the carnivoran family Eupleridae.

Eupleres major, recognized only in 2010, is in the genus Eupleres.[2]

People found it in humid rainforest and marshes in northwest Madagascar and also reported it from the dry deciduous forest in the west.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dollar, L. (2000). Eupleres major. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 16 October 2015. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is endangered
  2. ^ Goodman, S. M.; Helgen, K. M. (2010-02-25). "Species limits and distribution of the Malagasy carnivoran genus Eupleres (Family Eupleridae)". Mammalia 74 (2): 177–185. doi:10.1515/mamm.2010.018. 

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