Galidiinae Gray 1864

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 560

Galidiinae Gray 1864

Galidiinae Gray 1864 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864: 508.

Synonyms: Galidictinae Mivart 1882 .

Genera: 4 genera with 5 species:

Genus Galidia I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1837 (1 species with 3 subspecies)

Genus Galidictis I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1839 (2 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Mungotictis Pocock 1915 (1 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Salanoia Gray 1864 (1 species)

Discussion: Veron and Catzeflis (1993), Yoder et al. (2003), and Gaubert et al. (in press) suggested that the Galidiinae and the Cryptoproctidae are a monophyletic group.