Eupleres
{{Short description|Genus of carnivores}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Falanouc.jpg
| image_caption = Eastern falanouc (Eupleres goudotii)
| taxon = Eupleres
| authority = Doyère, 1835
| type_species = Eupleres goudotii
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = *Eupleres goudotii
| range_map = Genus Eupleres range map.svg
| range_map_caption = Eupleres range
}}
Eupleres is a genus of two species of mongoose-like euplerid mammal native to Madagascar that are known as falanoucs. They are primarily terrestrial and consume mainly invertebrates.
Species
- Eastern falanouc, Eupleres goudotii - mesic forests of eastern Madagascar
- Western falanouc, Eupleres major - xeric areas in northwestern Madagascar{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1515/mamm.2010.018| title = Species limits and distribution of the Malagasy carnivoran genus Eupleres (Family Eupleridae)| journal = Mammalia| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249944212| volume = 74| issue = 2| pages = 177–185| date = 2010-02-25| last1 = Goodman | first1 = S. M. | last2 = Helgen | first2 = K. M. | s2cid = 62833979}}
Conservation status
The IUCN Red List lists E. goudotii as vulnerable,{{cite iucn |last1= Hawkins|first1= F.| title = Eupleres goudotii | page = e.T68336601A45204582 | year = 2016 | url = https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/68336601/45204582 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T68336601A45204582.en | access-date = 16 December 2019}} while E. major has been assessed as endangered.{{cite iucn |last1= Hawkins|first1= F.| title = Eupleres major | page = e.T39547A45204313 | year = 2016 | url = https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39547/45204313 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T39547A45204313.en | access-date = 16 December 2019}}
References
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Category:Carnivorans of Africa
Category:Endemic fauna of Madagascar
Category:Taxa named by Louis Michel François Doyère
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