Notes on the distribution and habitat preferences of Galidictis grandidieri Wozencraft, 1986 (Carnivora: Eupleridae), a poorly known endemic species of south-western Madagascar

Mammalia

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 328-330

  Mahazotahy, Sylvain ^a   Goodman, Steven M ^b,c   Andriamanalina, Anjara ^c  

^a Association Nationale Pour la Gestion des Aires Protégées ANGAP   (Madagascar)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c WWF Antananarivo   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Carnivora; Ecology; Endemicity; Galidictis; Hot spot; Madagascar

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; ECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FIELD METHOD; HABITAT; HABITAT SELECTION; HOT SPOT; MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURFACE WATER; SURVIVORSHIP; TRAPPING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; ONILAHY RIVER; TOLIARA;

CARNIVORA; GALIDICTIS; GALIDICTIS GRANDIDIERI;

EID: 34447263094     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2006.045     Document Type: Article

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