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Galidictis

Galidictis is a genus in the subfamily Galidiinae of the family Eupleridae: a group of carnivorans that are endemic to Madagascar. The name is from two ancient Greek words that both approximately mean ‘weasel’: galid- (see Galidia) and iktis.

It contains the following two species and two subspecies:

  • Broad-striped Malagasy mongoose (Galidictis fasciata)
    • Galidictis fasciata fasciata
    • Galidictis fasciata striatus
  • Grandidier's mongoose (Galidictis grandidieri)