Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores Family Herpestidae Bonaparte, 1845 - mongooses Genus Galidictis Geoffroy, 1839 - Malagasy broad-striped mongooses Galidictis fasciata (Gmelin, 1788) - broad-striped Malagasy mongoose