Galidictis I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1839 . Mag. Zool., Mamm. Art. No. 5, p. 33, footnote, 37.

TYPE SPECIES: Mustela striata I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1837 (= Viverra fasciata Gmelin, 1788) by original designation.

COMMENTS: Gregory and Hellman (1939) separated Galidictis from other galidiines and placed it in the Viverridae .