▁car n iv or ans ▁to ▁the ▁ex clusion ▁of ▁main land ▁fel iform ians . ▁According ly , ▁they ▁were ▁all ▁rec lass ified ▁into ▁a ▁single ▁family , ▁Eu pler idae , ▁which ▁is ▁most ▁closely ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁mongo oses ▁of ▁the ▁family ▁Her p est idae . ▁ ▁Within ▁the ▁family ▁Eu pler idae , ▁some ▁relations ▁remain ▁unclear , ▁with ▁evidence ▁from ▁several ▁gen es ▁and ▁methods ▁of ▁inference ▁providing ▁conflic ting ▁evidence ▁as ▁to ▁the ▁relations ▁among ▁Gal idi inae , ▁the ▁f ossa , ▁and ▁the ▁Mal ag asy ▁civ et ▁( F ossa ▁foss ana ). ▁M ole cular ▁evidence ▁suggests ▁that ▁Gal idia ▁was ▁the ▁earliest ▁to ▁diver ge ▁of ▁the ▁four ▁gal idi ine ▁gener a ▁and ▁that ▁M ung ot ict is ▁and ▁Sal ano ia ▁are ▁each ▁other ' s ▁closest ▁relatives . ▁Mor ph ological ▁evidence , ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁supports ▁the ▁relation ▁between ▁M ung ot ict is ▁and ▁Sal ano ia , ▁but ▁suggests ▁that ▁Gal id ict is ▁was ▁the ▁earliest ▁line age ▁to ▁diver ge . ▁ ▁Classification ▁The ▁sub family ▁includes ▁the ▁following ▁gener a ▁and ▁species : ▁ ▁Ph y log en etic ▁tree ▁The ▁ph y log en etic ▁relationships ▁of ▁Gal idi inae ▁are ▁shown ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁cl ad ogram : ▁ ▁Mor ph ology ▁Gal idi ines ▁range ▁in ▁size ▁from ▁the ▁narrow - strip ed ▁mongo ose , ▁which ▁may ▁we igh ▁as ▁little ▁as ▁, ▁to