Galidictis
Galidictis is a genus in the subfamily Galidiinae of the family Eupleridae: a group of carnivorans that are endemic to Madagascar.[1] The name is from two ancient Greek words that both approximately mean ‘weasel’: galid- (see Galidia) and iktis.[2]
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| Galidictis grandidieri | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Eupleridae |
| Subfamily: | Galidiinae |
| Genus: | ''Galidictis'' |
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It contains the following two species and two subspecies: [1]
- Broad-striped Malagasy mongoose (Galidictis fasciata)
- Galidictis fasciata fasciata
- Galidictis fasciata striatus
- Grandidier's mongoose (Galidictis grandidieri)
References
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- ^ Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary notes it being "NL, fr. Gk galideus young weasel + iktis yellow-breasted marten [an ambiguous common name that might be the weasel]." However, Lewis and Short describes ictis (ἴκτις) as simply "a kind of weasel".[1] Brill’s New Pauly likewise also writes that "ἴκτις/íktis may be a weasel"[2].