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- and :wikt:ἴκτις|iktis. Compare the word Galictis.
It contains the following two species and two subspecies:
ImageScientific nameSubspeciesCommon nameDistribution
Galidictis fasciata
  • Galidictis fasciata fasciata
  • Galidictis fasciata striatus
Broad-striped Malagasy mongooseMadagascar
Galidictis grandidieriGrandidier's mongooseMadagascar