Kingdom Animalia Order Carnivora Subfamily Galidiinae Higher classification Galidiinae | Phylum Chordata Family Eupleridae Scientific name Galidictis Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Grandidier's mongoose, Broad‑striped Malagasy mongoose | ||
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:
References
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