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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuborder Feliformia — themongooses .
Etymologies
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A subfossil record of Galidictis grandidieri (Herpestidae: Galidiinae) from southwestern Madagascar.
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Though classified conventionally as viveriids they are actually part of an endemic Magadascan clade located at the base of Herpestidae.
Archive 2006-06-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Though classified conventionally as viveriids they are actually part of an endemic Magadascan clade located at the base of Herpestidae.
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any of the viverrid mammals that comprise two subfamilies (Herpestinae and Galidiinae) often grouped in a separate family (Herpestidae), that include agile ferret-sized mammals sometimes with bands or stripes, and that feed on small animals and fruits
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