Eupleres major (Doyère 1835 snout-rump length up to 65cm + 25cm tail) is the extant (but nearing extinction) Western falanouc, a purported mongoose from Madagascar. Here it nests at the base of the Carnivora with the Madagascar mongoose, Fossa. So this is an Early Jurassic suvivo not far from Anagale. Note the elongate premaxilla, the gracile mandible, the reduced canine and other traits common to the long-snouted clade that gave rise to tenrecs and odontocetes. Diet of worms, slugs, snails. A single young is born in a burrow and can travel with the mother within two days. |