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Narrow-striped Vontsiras
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Narrow-striped Vontsiras

Mungotictis

The narrow-striped mongoose (Mungotictis decemlineata), also known as the boky-boky in Malagasy, is a member of the family Eupleridae endemic to Madagascar. It inhabits the western Madagascar succulent woodlands and northern Madagascar spiny thickets in western and southwestern Madagascar, where it lives from sea level to about 125 m (410 ft) between the Tsiribihina and Mangoky Rivers. It is the only species in genus Mungotictis.

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Narrow-striped Boky

speciesMungotictis decemlineata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 41934.