Galidictis

Galidictis is a genus in the subfamily Galidiinae of the family Eupleridae: a group of carnivorans that are endemic to Madagascar.^[1]

Galidictis
Grandidier's mongoose (Galidictis grandidieri)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Eupleridae
Subfamily:	Galidiinae
Genus:	Galidictis I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1839
Type species
Mustela striata I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1837
Species
Galidictis fasciata Galidictis grandidieri
Galidictis ranges

The name is from two ancient Greek words that both approximately mean ‘weasel’: galid- (see Galidia) and iktis.^[2] Compare the word Galictis (grison, a closer relative of the weasel).

It contains the following two species and two subspecies:^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Subspecies	Common name	Distribution
	Galidictis fasciata	Galidictis fasciata fasciata Galidictis fasciata striatus	Broad-striped Malagasy mongoose	Madagascar
	Galidictis grandidieri		Grandidier's mongoose	Madagascar