Brown-tailed Mongoose

Brown-tailed MongooseIt has reddish-brown to dark olive fur and has been recorded in forests of eastern Madagascar. In limited observations, it ate small animals such as invertebrates and was active by day or around dusk.What does it look like?Its fur ranges from reddish brown to dark olive brown. A comparison with the closely related Salanoia durrelli reports that S. concolor lacks the latter species’ speckled back.How does it live?It has reddish-brown to dark olive fur and has been recorded in forests of eastern Madagascar. In limited observations, it ate small animals such as invertebrates and was active by day or around dusk.In a limited set of observations, it was active by day or around dusk and ate insects and other invertebrates as well as amphibians.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.