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: \n* Broad-striped Malagasy mongoose (Galidictis fasciata) \n* Galidictis fasciata fasciata \n* Galidictis fasciata striatus \n* Grandidier's mongoose (Galidictis grandidieri)