Order Carnivora Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 532 628 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Galidictis I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1839 Galidictis I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1839 , Mag. Zool., Mamm Art ., No. 5: 33 . Type Species: Mustela striata I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1837 Synonyms: Musanga Coues 1891 . Species and subspecies: 2 species with 2 subspecies: Species Galidictis fasciata (Gmelin 1788) Subspecies Galidictis fasciata subsp. fasciata Gmelin 1788 Subspecies Galidictis fasciata subsp. striatus G. Cuvier 1829 Species Galidictis grandidieri Wozencraft 1986 Discussion: Gregory and Hellman (1939) separated Galidictis from other galidiines and placed it in the Viverridae .