Galidictis
| Galidictis | |
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| Galidictis grandidieri | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Eupleridae |
| Subfamily: | Galidiinae |
| Genus: | Galidictis |
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| Galidictis ranges | |
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]
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
- 1 2 Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. "Galidictis". ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ 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". Brill’s New Pauly likewise also writes that "ἴκτις/íktis may be a weasel".
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