Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses Subfamily Galidiinae Gray, 1865 - Malagasy mongooses Genus Galidictis Geoffroy, 1839 - Malagasy broad-striped mongooses Galidictis grandidieri Wozencraft, 1986 - Grandidier's mongoose