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 Galidia elegans I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1837 Galidia elegans I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1837 , C. R . Acad. Sci. Paris, 5: 581 . Type Locality: " Madagascar ". Vernacular Names: Ring-tailed Mongoose . Subspecies: : Subspecies Galidia elegans subsp. elegans I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1837 Subspecies Galidia elegans subsp. dambrensis Tate and Rand 1941 Subspecies Galidia elegans subsp. occidentalis Albignac 1971 Distribution: Endemic to Madagascar . Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.