Galidictis fasciata

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Broad-striped Vontsira

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Feliformia
Infraorder : Viverroidea
Family : Eupleridae
Subfamily : Galidiinae
Genus : Galidictis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gmelin, J.F. 1788-07-25. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Georg Emanuel Beer, Leipzig, 500 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751312

Original name as described

Viverra fasciata

Other common names

Broad-striped Malagasy Mongoose · Vontsira Fotsy · Bakiaka Betanimena · Bakiaka Belemboka

Type locality

type locality presumed to be Madagascar, erroneously listed by Gmelin as "India".

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

includes grandidieri

Taxonomy notes citation

Veron, G., Dupré, D., Jennings, A. P., Gardner, C. J., Hassanin, A., & Goodman, S. M. (2017). New insights into the systematics of Malagasy mongoose‐like carnivorans (Carnivora, Eupleridae, Galidiinae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 55(3), 250-264.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006033

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Galidictis ornatus

Pocock, 1915

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

ornata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.1.31.22

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c704a296-fe85-45f6-8971-af18ee6a2ceb

Authority page

118

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16003740

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Galidictis eximius

Pocock, 1915

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

eximia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.9.18.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bb976893-1598-4fdc-a3cb-3fa71c69c9ce

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16003738

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Galidictis grandidiensis

Wozencraft, 1986

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

grandidieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

as_emended

Type

MCZ:Mamm:45983

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45983

Authority page

561

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Mustela striata

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

striata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1985-225

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1985-225

Authority page

98

Authority publication

Paris

Mustela fasciata

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fasciata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

162

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033412

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:162, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Genetta fasciata

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fasciata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207642

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Genetta striata

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

striata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207642

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Galidictis striata

Lesson, 1842

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

striata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Lesson (1842:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Galidictis fasciata

Coetzee, 1971

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fasciata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

34

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:272, 273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006033) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8833/45197977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Galidictis fasciata fasciata

Coetzee, 1971

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fasciata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

34

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Galidictis fasciata striata

Coetzee, 1971

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

striata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

34

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Coetzee (1971:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67173)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Galidictis fasciata striatus

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

striatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Viverra fasciata

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

fasciata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751312

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1817:169, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18035918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60375)
  2. Desmarest (1817:170, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18035919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60375)

Mustela melanographa

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

melanographa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

xi, 198

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130072 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130283

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:xi, 198, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130072, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Viverra striata

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

striata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

210

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523974

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Galidictis vittata

H. R. Schinz, 1844

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

vittata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

360

Authority publication

Solothurn

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Galidictis grandidieri

Wozencraft, 1987

Family

Eupleridae

Root name

grandidieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

198

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8834/45198057) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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