Galidictis fasciata (Gmelin, 1788) . In Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 13th ed., 1:92.

TYPE LOCALITY: Erroneously listed by Gmelin as "in India " .

DISTRIBUTION: Endemic to Madagascar.

STATUS: IUCN - Indeterminate.

SYNONYMS: eximius Pocock, 1915; ornatus Pocock, 1915; rufa Grandidier, 1869; striata I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1839; vittatus Schinz, 1844 .